GINO AND THE GOONS - Off The Rails LP

Bonus patch, stickers and badge - while stocks last.

Highly recommended.

"I consistently find myself put off by their visual aesthetic: hand-scrawled band name, maybe a skull or two drawn with the skill and precision of a distracted third grader, and that’s it. Good thing I have ears as well as eyes, then, as the music on Off The Rails is really about as top-notch as you can get from modern-retro garage-punk. They certainly sound like truant high school smokers hanging out under the bleachers, and while I am fairly certain this group is all of legal adult age, their vibe is so convincing and their songs are so catchy that I find myself fully on board regardless. Nothing new is ventured here, but that’s fine with me, as they absolutely nail stupid-tough garage anthems like “Got No Friends”, wherein Gino laments, you guessed it, not having friends. (The band even chants the song title together, which leads me to wonder: are The Goons not each other’s friends? What an interesting form of solidarity.) Graphic designers they are not, but when it comes to couldn’t-care-less garage/punk/junk, Off The Rails is a fine modern specimen." - YGR