The Time Beings - It's About... Time (No Label 1996)

 

Long-time Worcester, Massachusetts garage-meisters first disc.

Tough definitive tea-party state originals mixed up with spectacular covers that range from west coast punks The Mamas and The Papas to sped up Grains of Sands...

If you can imagine mashing 40 years of rock in a blender and then tossing in gasoline, whiskey, a tab of acid, and a match, you'd have a decent starting point to describe the band's sound….

Now I remember why I liked The Time Beings enough for inclusion on the “Beasts From the East” compilation LP: they are really garagey. Imagine The Seeds after swallowing a couple cases of beer (instead of LSD), and you'll get the idea of this band's direct, simple appeal. They had been bashing the tunes since at least the turn of the 1980s, and had accumulated these two power-packed demos by the time of the garage vinyl explosion. Oddly, they couldn't find a home for their stuff, as several labels passed on them. They boasted some great tracks, however, as their guttural garage approach was gritty, snotty - and as I said before - beer-soaked.

....Their "Why Don't You Love Me" even topped the Fuzbrains Magazine 1987 staff poll as the best song of the year.    -Timothy Gassen (R.I.P.)

OK, so The Ramones decided to call it quits. Fear not intrepid punks, Worcester's The Time Beings is supplying what you need - rough and tumble primal rock 'n roll - on the band's debut CD.
The project is aptly called "It's About ... Time," and marks the quartet's first full-length recording in a career that stretches back to the late '70s….
…These days, The Time Beings are bass player Jay Mortorano, guitarists Preston Wayne and Dave Roemer, and drummer Jim "Buck" Burbury. The disc includes some of the band's older material, such as "Why Don't You Love Me," and even features some surprising covers. There are not one, but two, tunes here originally done by The Mamas and The Papas: "Straight Shooter" and "Got a Feelin'. " In the hands of The Time Beings, the rich vocal harmonies are replaced by speed-demon guitar duels.
Among the band's originals, the edgy "Gun Shop," and the instrumental "Hangman" rise to the top. Overall, the 12-song disc (which includes an unlisted "hidden" song) is solid from start to finish. The singing and playing bear more grit than any younger punk outfit could muster, proving there is an art to playing rough.   -Scott McLennan

 

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