专辑简介

The fall of 2000 was a time of innocence. Clinton was President. The Twin Towers were still standing. And Bob Seger still had his dignity. Then The Briefs burst onto the scene like a neutron bomb with the audaciously titled ?Hit After Hit? and the punk rock landscape was changed forever. Their ?77-style pop punk is loud, raucous and fierce, yet cohesive and hooky and hilarious. The Briefs are like a team of Chinese acrobats falling down the stairs on purpose. And when I say ?pop? I mean popular in the broadest sense possible. The fifteen year-old mall hottie is a fan, but so is the 40 year-old stalwart with the pristine Undertones collection. Sure The Briefs wear their influences on their sleeve ? Adverts, Buzzcocks, Weirdos to name just a few ? but they cop to them like junkies caught tying off in the alley with a skinny tie. They can?t help it. It?s in their blood. Listen you?ll understand. The groove is familiar but they?ve got a sound that?s all their own and uniquely unique. Infectious? Once they get in your ear, there?s no getting them out. The Briefs are mother f**king nerve agents for a diseased life. With their skinny ties, plastic sunglasses, matching bleach-blond dye jobs and bad haircuts, The Briefs take the stage like commandos of the New Wave, retro zombies from the Disco Inferno. Take a good look because once they start to play it?s all a blur. This is their secret. It?s not what they sound like or what they look like. It?s their energy. They?ll come to your town and electrify the place. It doesn?t matter if they go on first, last or in between. It doesn?t matter if it?s an all-ages gig, an outdoor music fest, or a shitty little dive bar deep in the heart of Wrongville. The Briefs are one of the hardest working bands in America. They?ll play any time, anywhere. They?ll pile out of the van and stun the crowd like rioters at a Republican convention. They have so much energy, it?s hard to believe they?re from Seattle. The city that put lattes and flannel on the map. A place so dull it?s known for rain. The Briefs still make Seattle their home, but they?ve come a long way since their debut record, and they?re still cranking out hits. They?ve played the Wasted Festival in the UK, the Warped Tour in the USA, and a gang of shows in between. And that?s just this summer and in typical form, will be on the road for the indefinite future. Five years later they?re still poor and still weird but their fans are so much richer for the shitload of records they?ve put out along way. On ?Off the Charts? which came out on Bitzcore in Europe you can listen to what you?ve been missing, but also newer albums like ?Sex Objects? or {?Steal Yer Heart?} give you a good impression of the energy of The Briefs. Line-Up: Steve E. Nicks ? git, voc Daniel J. Travanti ? git, voc Chris Brief ? drums, voc Stevie Kicks ? git, voc