{"id":17834,"date":"2022-10-23T19:48:31","date_gmt":"2022-10-23T19:48:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/skylight.gr\/?p=17834"},"modified":"2022-10-23T19:48:33","modified_gmt":"2022-10-23T19:48:33","slug":"art-punks-the-mutants-announce-curse-vinyl-release-for-november-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/2022\/10\/23\/art-punks-the-mutants-announce-curse-vinyl-release-for-november-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Art punks The Mutants announce ‘Curse’ vinyl release for November 4"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Mutants, one of the first punk bands to emerge from San Francisco in the mid-1970s, will have their\u00a0Curse of the Easily Amused\u00a0<\/em>retrospective released on vinyl November 4 from Liberation Hall. Originally appearing on CD and digital in July,\u00a0Curse of the Easily Amused<\/em>\u00a0features 14 tracks recorded between 1978 and 1985. All formats are distributed by MVD Entertainment.
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The album will include an interior jacket featuring vintage photography of the band at various Bay Area punk venues, concert flyers, and newly-commissioned liner notes. In addition to a standard black vinyl pressing, there will also be a limited edition of 200 pressed on purple splatter vinyl. The purple vinyl will be available exclusively through 1-2-3-4 Go! Records. Pre-order information will be announced soon on the store’s\u00a0website<\/a>.\u00a0
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On November 12, the Mutants will headline a record release concert at the Ivy Room in Albany, California. The lineup will include four founding members of the band: vocalist Fritz Fox, drummer Dave Carothers, and guitarists Brendan Earley and John Gullak. Other members of the current lineup have played in Tuxedomoon, Negativland, Frightwig, No Alternative, the Offs, the Next, and others. Doors open at 8:00 PM and advance tickets are available at\u00a0The Ivy Room<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cCurse of the Easily Amused<\/em>\u00a0gives old school punk collectors reason to cheer as the set offers a substantial batch of wholly worthwhile previously unreleased material\u2026 This is a consistently pleasurable ride, recommended to those who like a little fun in their punk.\u00a0A-<\/strong>\u00a0\u201c \u2014\u00a0Joseph Neff,\u00a0THE VINYL DISTRICT<\/strong>
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\u201cThe Mutants opened for the Cramps at their notorious 1978 Napa State Mental Hospital gig and would have been the supports for Joy Division on their first U.S. tour, had Ian Curtis not checked out a couple of days before an airline expected him to check in\u2026 There\u2019s a simple punk charm in the music of the Mutants, who come across as a less quirky version of the B-52\u2019s crossed with Scotland\u2019s Rezillos and Australia\u2019s Thought Criminals.\u201d \u2014\u00a0Craig Regan,\u00a0THE I-94 BAR<\/strong>
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\u201cMusically, they still sound unique and that gives these recordings a vitality that makes them sound surprisingly fresh. If you\u2019ve ever been interested in the early punk scenes, this is something you really need to hear. The Mutants took their own path and played their own way. Isn\u2019t that what Punk was supposed to do?\u201d \u2014\u00a0Andy Pearson,\u00a0FEAR & LOATHING ZINE<\/strong>
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\u201cThis is classic U.S. new wave powerpop: melodic, tuneful, and well produced with hints of the B-52\u2019s and Go-Go\u2019s along with a gritty edge that helps them avoid becoming too polished or saccharine.\u201d \u2014\u00a0Russ Bestley,\u00a0VIVE LE ROCK<\/strong>
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\u201cTaken as a full-length, this is more insistent and cohesive than their\u00a0Fun Terminal<\/em>\u00a0LP, with shades of Voidoids, Pere Ubu, and others on the artsy fringe of punk popping up in the edgy shards they deliver\u2026 \u00a0This is as \u2018punk\u2019 as it gets, and sonic ambiguity, not blind adherences to what\u2019s expected, is what more should be striving for.\u201d\u00a0\u2014 Jimmy Alvarado,\u00a0RAZORCAKE<\/strong>
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\u201cThese songs paint a diverse picture, from straight punk rock to pop numbers in New Wave guise, everything reflects how the punk scene was developing at a rapid pace. 9 out of 10\u201d \u2014\u00a0Joachim Hiller,\u00a0OX FANZINE<\/strong>
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\u201c\u2019Curse of the Easily Amused<\/em>\u00a0is likely to serve \u2014\u00a0and serve well \u2014\u00a0as the definitive document of the Bay Area\u2019s premier art punk collective.\u201d \u2014\u00a0Bill Kopp,\u00a0MUSOSCRIBE<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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