Surely as long as fresh new bands like the Indikation, The Hara-Kee-Rees
and the Giljoteens keep on showing up and making records, I will be enjoying
garage punk music till the day I die…(Probably thereafter I will be listening
to that stuff again…!). So, thanks to the fab Teen Sound Records, here is the
long awaited debut album of these Swedish lads that have already put out three
splendid 45s in the near past: one single on Loser Records, one EP on Screaming
Apple and their latest EP on Teen Sound too. As for the content of the album,
in simple words “Get A Head” is one solid garage punk record already entered in
the all-time classics of the genre! 13 authentic songs including just one cover
of “Leaving Here” and original killers like “Things Have Been Bad”, “Empty
Soul” (which appeared in the “They Came From The North” CD on Zorch Records
last year), “One Track Mind” and the moody punker “Point Of No Return”… What
else would you expect from an album that the liner notes of the sleeve are written
by Mans P. Mansson and Jens Lindberg…? If this album was released on vinyl it
would be the great too, right Mass? -Source
THE GILJOTEENS play garage punk, but they aren't simply a nostalgic retro
act. Because where many bands like this are only about reproducing a sound and
rely on covers from compilations like "Back From The Grave", THE
GILJOTEENS also add the most important piece of them all - talent and a knack
for writing killer originals! The melodic yet raw vocals, perfect in yer face
attack of the drums, reverbed and sometimes fuzzed out twang of the guitar, the
rolling bass and the great atmospheric farfisa organ all combine together to a
great & original listening experience. For fans of PRETTY THINGS,
MAHARAJAS, DEE RANGERS, MANDO DIAO, CAESARS & MAGGOTS. -Source
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