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 FRIGATE-
Blow Me Down (Spinning
Records) OK, I am not going to get into the adjective thing to
describe this new punk rock rooted cd because I do not wish to bog you
down with mindless clutter. If I did, it would
only cheapen things. This cd is jam packed with 11 fast, three-chord punk
tunes with alternating male/female vocals. Linda Bean, who also plays
bass, provides the intense, snotty, and hard hitting sexy (in a punk rock
way) female vocals. Although I firmly believe that Linda could carry this
band, Tim Gillis does more than hold his own adding his garage punk vocals
and guitar, albeit in an unsexy manner (phew for me huh?). Adding a ton of
attitude to the punk sound is the crunching sound of ex-Slapshot guitarist
Chris Lauria. Frigate beautifully spews forth some constantly fast punk
rock littered with infectious hooks and mind dominating melodies. “My
Baby Lied,” sung by Gillis, is simply great. No two ways about it. In
fact, Frigate is worthy of many accolades and should never be forced to
eat hamburgers off of greasy paper plates again. One bitch, the
appropriately named “Ballad” kind of slows the disc down and seems a
bit out of place. I’m guessing they were trying to show a little
diversity with their music. Listen up! This disc is cool. Linda Bean,
who’s been in other bands, continues to floor me. Speaking of floor, I
wish Linda would floor, as in deck, Bif Naked. Girl fights are cool. Wait
a minute, I did do the adjective and clutter thing and didn’t cheapen
anything. That speaks volumes. Stand out disc over here people of Earth! -
Denis Sheehan
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