24 August 2023

THE VANDALIAS Buzzbomb! 1998

 


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So I found Buzzbomb this morning, and within about 15 minutes, I get an message for a reup request of The Vandalias Mach V. What are the chances of this happening? I was going to reup Mach V and post Buzzbomb! Serendipity!

Buzz Bomb! Review

by AllMusic

1998's BUZZBOMB! finds Minneapolis residents Dan Sarka and Peter Daniel staying in character as the three rural Michigan brothers Jim Jim, Bobby and Alan Vandalia, but the album mostly dispenses with the crypto-mythology of the band's 1995 debut, MACH V. Instead, these 11 songs are pretty much your standard cars-and-girls power pop, complete with songs called "Big Red Catalina" and "Hey Kari G." Sarka and Daniel are graduates of the '70s school of power pop, equally fond of Raspberries-style vocal harmonies and Cheap Trick-like guitar crunch. While not terribly lyrically or musically significant, BUZZBOMB! is more than entertaining. "The End of the World," "Charity At Home" and the Beatlesque "Say I'm Sorry" are particular highlights.


Tracklist

  1. Buzzbomb!
  2. Big Red Catalina
  3. Funky Monkey Baby (Live)
  4. Charity At Home
  5. Hoy Kari G
  6. Anywhere You Go
  7. Down
  8. Say I'm Sorry
  9. These Others
10. No One Told Him
11. The End of the World

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