In this past week's paper, Jesse Hughey gave local Minutemen-adoring trio Deep Snapper's latest, Pi on the Side, an educated listen and found it to be a melange of "shouted vocals about politics and other nonsense, earworm melodies and
breakneck drum-bashing with prominent bass and a heaping helping of
distortion and feedback."
Which, in this case, is a good thing, maybe? Sure is, writes Hughey:
This is a band whose chief influence is '80s punk. Sings John Newberry: "My name is Ronald Reagn. I bet you thought I was dead." And you thought punk bands were done beating up on ol' Raygun... Reagan lives. Continue reading...Indeed he does. And so does the trickle-down effect, which todayfinds Deep Snapper being kind enough to pass along a free sample mp3 from their new album so DC9 readers can get a taste of their punk rock flavor. Check out "The Ballad of Ignatius J. Reilly (Sung to the Tune of Texas Beer and Titty Law)" after the jump.
Bonus mp3:
Deep Snapper -- "The Ballad of Ignatius J. Reilly (Sung to the Tune of Texas Beer and Titty Law)"
Deep Snapper -- "The Ballad of Ignatius J. Reilly (Sung to the Tune of Texas Beer and Titty Law)"
