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Shit! This thing is mastered loud as shit! Awesome! Fits perfectly with the Mean Jeans’ brand of Ramonesesque punk. This is Kind Turkey’s first post about the Mean Jeans but definitely not my first experience with the band. Think Bad Sports sounds with some dumbed down lyrics. It always seems like these guys are singing about Pizza, Partying, Being Stoned, Booze and now Blowing Yr Brains Out. I like the nice old-school breakdown at the end where they slow it down a bit and really beat it in ya that the dude is gonna blow his brains out. Top notch Ramones worship in the year 2011.
The flip is by Big Neck’s flagship Hollywood and it’s a much slower paced attack about preferring drugs. Pretty slow burning and repetative, but I can get along with that. Especially when the talky portion of the song comes in (where the guitar drops out and it’s just bass and drums) and then blasts you more with “I Prefer Drugs” over and over and over and over. Again this is Grade-A rock n roll garage slop. The 7″ comes with full color art, an insert and is pressed on some really nice thick vinyl. Gotta love nice packaging (especially on a 7″). I think the cover is a drawing of that dude who made the worst movie ever, “The Room”…you know Tommy Wiseau? At least it seems like it’s him…that or some zombiefied version of Marc Bolan….but I think it’s Tommy considering I’m pretty sure there’s a photo of him photoshopped (crudely) with the Mean Jeans on the insert.
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