When they would play "Shame" live, it was one of the tracks that made it very fucking clear that ACRYLICS were something different. The East Bay Ray bent on the guitar and the stops and stutters that made it all but impossible to really get into the song (especially live, when the set is moving you...you dig?). There were several cassette release in the mid-'10s, and I think that this self titled slammer from 2016 might be the best (Fuck Freek though...) - guitars are damaged, "He Wants A Baby" comes in like a bullet from another time, everything is just completely dialed on this one, and I firmly believe that it should be heralded as a modern classic. I said it.
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It's post like these of yours that get me to further investigate.
I never really got into this band. I saw the name, but thought it was one of the other Acrylics. Perhaps I felt "why is this band still around?" I speak of the Acrylics from the 90s, sounded like scuzzy 90s pop punk, with fast parts. They would have fit well on Recess Records or a comp. with Krupted Peasant Farmerz, J Church, Tilt, Whatever, etc.
There's another late 00s/early 10s dance/electronic rock band as well.
Well now I would gladly listen to it all and put it somewhere on a playlist.
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