Did they? Did they really
love Ethyl that damn much that they not only took that notion and parlayed it into their namesake, but also turned it into one of their song titles? Or maybe these fellas were simply inspired by a random tattoo or something. Who knows, but all signs point to this trio hailing from Sacramento, CA - and not giving a damn about fitting in with the likes of INXS or other such contemporary chart-toppers.
I Love Ethyl played with a relatively casual gait and were organic in that left-of-the-dial way I so appreciate. Frontman
Jebby K. peels off sweetly echoing guitar lines that don't dominate or saturate so much as they gently imbue on "I Know" and "Beautiful Fascist," suggesting what a mashup of the Comsat Angels and the Red Rockers would have yielded in some alternate universe. A cover of "I Am the Walrus" goes down more pleasantly than you might expect, so much so that I think I prefer it to the original. The simple, DIY album jacket schematic belies surprising depth that never gets to heady. BTW, the whole LP was cut live - side one in front of an audience, with the flip side captured in the studio.
01. Real World
02. Primary Concern
03. I Know
04. I Am the Walrus
05. Sound Society
06. I Love Ethyl
07. Beautiful Fascist
08. Haven't Got a Clue
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