what do you get when you mix Black Francis vocals with lazy-fun-in-the-sun-Beck delivery and fuck-yes-we-love-the-Ramones-speed?
you get The Franks.
I saw these guys open up a gig a few nights ago and their 7" has not left my record player for days. They are from LA and they have one goal and one goal only: BRING PUNK BACK TO THE MASSES. I still can't get over their drummer, Sarah. her crazy chops are only matched by her crazier locks. Their lead singer kept losing his guitar picks 'cause he was playing so enthusiastically and the songs were so fast.
This band is the exact physical manifestation of all of my fantasies of seeing really good punk bands in person. Like, when I am listening to The Dead Kennedys and am lamenting my terrible luck to have been born too late to REALLY have experienced the punk revolution.
While other bands are trying to hard to be "innovative", The Franks truly are innovative because they play what they know and love, rather than put on pretense. They sound like what The Hives sounded like on Barely Legal And they put on a damn good rock show.
they have two EPs out, both available for FREE DOWNLOAD at their website. check it out and head on out to one of their shows!
The Franks on MYSPACE
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Neon Politik intro sounds like they used Last Nite by The Strokes as a blue print haha.
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