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FOR ROUND MIDNIGHT

BAM . . . it doesn't come on slow but rather all at once. It's like this explosion of Iggy and the Stooges, the MC5 and that whole 60's garage rock, psychedelic Nuggets rock n roll that Lenny Kaye would love, complete with an organ and a little bit of what the fuck just happened in my head sensibility that's long since gone extinct in the mainstream. Blasting out of my stereo, The Cramps pass through my mind as they're singing about Frankenstein and the Creepy Crawwwwwl, the guitars are screeching, the organ is wailing, and I feel like The Crusher should be the next track. It's kinda surfy or at least what surf music would have been like with better drugs. But at the same time it's 2005 or thereabouts and it's cutting edge and retro - where are the go-go girls? Not Belinda and the gang, although she is the bomb, but the chicks with the boots and the blonde hair and glitter in the cages. You following me here? Good, 'cause before you know what hit you . . . BAM . . . it's all over. - Mike d'Ariano / Areuonsomething

If you're on the verge of suicide, don't re-route the exhaust in your spray-painted `32 Coupe! Instead, go buy some alcohol, add green Kool-Aid™, put this album in and rip down the wrong side of the road to some very sexy person's house, very fast! Skinny "Coffin" Mike's lead vocals and guitar pop like a punching-monkey puppet as Zack Brines' farfisa organ pinstripes `Round Midnight's sound with sweeping, solid lines of pompadour rock `n roll. It's no surprise that these "chicos de Boston's tour diary reads: "DRIVE. DRIVE, DRIVE, DRIVE, DRIVE, DRINK, DRINK, DRINK, DRINK, DRINK, ROCK, ROCK, ROCK, ROCK, ROCK" - although I find it somewhat hard to believe that absolutely no work was involved, considering the minute details peppering the album ie: Tor Skoog's `ol' timey radio' style intro to ass-shakin' track "Creepy Crawl". Drummer Damien lowers the engine into the kustom frame as ghostly Coffinettes surround the car, biting their lips with gold teeth, watiting impatiently for the first beastly rev so they can bust out in a zombie hop! Energetic and fuzzed-out, `Round Midnight is the garage rock album that'll raise goosebumps beneath your skull & X-pistons tattoo & have your baby's fingernails tearing the Nu-Puff! - Angie Ratt / Degeneration Overdrive

Bomp! continues their tradition of reviving good ol' garage rock with The Coffin Lids' fourteen song sophomore album (Indieville reviewed their debut quite favourably awhile ago), and this time they forge another blast from the past - Farfisas and all. Snagging cues from The Sonics and similar late 60s acts, these guys play tight, head-bobbing anthems and do everything right. So the formula doesn't switch up much over the record's fourteen songs, and this has all been done before anyway - it's still a damn fun disc if you know what you're getting into. Sure-fire crowd pleasers "Teenage Shakedown" and "Tonight You're Going To Die In My Garage" (great title!) swap with a supporting cast of solid rockers, including "I'm Going To Have My Way (With The 5,6,7,8's)," a notable tribute to the famous Japanese all-girl group. And if that hasn't sold you yet, hey, it's better than watching Paris Hilton in House of Wax. - Indieville

The first words you hear on this particular slab of lo-fi garage madness are "It's alive"; the last words are, "Tonight you're going to die in my garage".  In between, The Coffin Lids (under the production of the new master of this genre, Jack Younger) deliver an even better collection of songs than on their debut.  No fear of a sophomore slump with these Boston boys.  They keep it stripped down and primitive, with about the only "frill" being some tasty farfisa organ on a few tracks (supplied by one Zack Brines).  The production is perfect, the songs are catchy and witty, and the whole thing feels like there's a party going on in your stereo.  But the thing that really sets this disc apart from their debut is the quality of the songs.  I love "I'm Going To Have My (Way With the 5,6,7,8s)" so much I'm going to have to buy some 5,6,7,8s CDs ASAP.  "Whisky Drinkin' Woman" is skronking re-write of some old folk song.  "Mad Party" is mad catchy.  "Teenage Shakedown" is one of the best pure rockers I've heard in a very long time.
- Brian "bmo" Mosher / Bmosworld

The Coffin Lids sound is ideally suited to the old seven inch format. The best song here, 'I'm Going To Have My Way (With the 5,6,7,8's)' would be the perfect lead song on an EP; it has a tongue in cheek sense of humour, a decent garage pop tune and backing vocals from the Coffinettes. It tells the tale of a guy who is carried away by the photos on his 5,6,7,8's records. Somehow I suspect the Japanese trio would eat him for breakfast! - Phil Suggitt / Shindig!

'Round Midnight is The Coffin Lids' second sizzlin' slice of amplified mayhem and madness, and I'm here to tell ya that it's a stark, raving bloodbath of carnal Rock n' Roll sounds with a heavily distorted Garage Rock twist looming large in the lair. If Dracula, the Wolfman, Frankenstein's monster and the Creature from the Black Lagoon formed a band of their very own, Satan would declare them The Coffin Lids, and they'd forever be immortalized as Hell's house band, playing purgatorial keggers, toga parties and bowling marathons for the rest of eternity. Yep, the Coffin Lids have savagely unleashed a screaming, horror-inspired torrent of pure rip n' slash Garage Rock mania in the frightfully stompin' form of 'Round Midnight. It's sure to bring out the inner demon in you all, so play it loud during the entire cycle of each month's full moon, and then shimmy and shake in the cemetery until the dead come a-calling. - Moser / Under The Volcano

Coffin Lids=Iggy and the Stooges+Dick Dale+The Buzzcocks+Legendary Invisible Men
Oh the horror of it all! A garage band that can actually play, but remains just as raw and fun as a horror movie on Halloween - wait...that's not horrible, that's fantastic! The Coffin Lids are a garage surf-punk band with horror leanings that can really pull all of that off. The opening track, "Frankenstein", sets the tone for the rest of record: spooky energetic organs, fuzzed-out guitars and rumbling bass lines. The Lids even introduce their signature dance, "The Creepy Crawl", which you'll need to know because this record forces you to dance. This is the best garage band I've heard in long time. -James Orme / Slug vol.17 #206

Sweet record. I started falling in love with it just looking at the song titles. Tracks like "Frankenstein", "Teenage Shakedown", "Creepy Crawl". and "I'm Going To Have My Way (With the 5,6,7,8's)"-how could they go wrong? 14 tracks of short, sharp garage rockin' punk that get better with every listen. - JC / AMP Magazine #19

Here's to a new blast of steamy retro-fueled garage staples, from "Freankenstein" to "Tonight You're Going To Die In My Garage." These lo-fi Boston horror bandits can't get enough of their b-movies, and the references are relentless, as are the beats. This band refuses to drop the ball, and keep the album rockin' and the farfisa shakin' at top speeds. They're primal, they're trashy, and they like it that way. You will too. - Paul Seides / The Sentimentalist

Wow this one's on fire the kitties are shaking their furry little butts around and using the ottoman as an occasional launch pad while the super new release from the Coffin Lids blasts out. Round Midnight is a beautiful meld of garageabillypunk with great song titles, tight cool playing and 100% fun. From the electric current drive cry of "Frankenstein" this band swings hard for your heart with a left, while grabbing your throat with the right. A quick slam into the second track "Teenage Shakedown" is delivered with dirt perfect fuzz vocals and truly stunning guitar playing. More killer tracks follow ­ "Walk a Mile in My Shoes" and " Losing My Mind". Gotta pay attention as they just keep coming fast and furiously catchy. The secret weapon Farfisa work of Zack Brines found on 6 of the tracks is never used in overkill. The Coffin Lids pummel on with " Mad Party". The bass and drums are over the top in the pocket and then you get blindsided by a blister-damaged guitar solo. Little Steven better be playing this on his show every day. "I'm Going to Have My Way (With the 5678's)" may have invented a new genre ­ Stalker Surf. The cover of the Lime Spiders "Slave Girl" possibly rocks harder than the original, if not it's too close to call. Take notice all you pretenders and wannabe garage rockers, The Coffin Lids are here to burn up your town, fuck your girlfriends, and drink your booze, all while you smile stupid at how damn far ahead of the curve they are. The Coffin Lids should walk tall as this record is going to be a timeless classic. - Ron Kirsch / Left Hip magazine

They're rock & roll. Wild, drunken rock & roll garage style. They're the 60's, 70's and today all wrapped into one gruff and sexy package I wouldn't mind unwrapping on Christmas morning. Compared to the Sonics, the Mummies and the Swingin' Neckbreakers, but at times they remind of a more 60's Ramones, and sometimes they remind me of the Stooges (listen to the fuzzy "Kick Out Of You"). The Coffin Lids play rock & roll stripped down to the bare essentials: amazing vocals, powerful buzzing guitars, sexy men and whiskey. The band adds just enough punk rock attitude in most of the songs but especially with songs like "I'm Going To Have My Way (with 5, 6, 7, 8's)", "Teenage Shakedown". When it comes down to it, it's simple: they're fun to listen to. They make you want to get up and do something, pump your fists in the air, break some bottles, anything as long as it's reckless, loud and a good time - which is exacly what the Coffin Lids are. Be sure to turn the volume way up when listening to "Teenage Shakedown", "Whiskey Drinkin' Woman" (my new theme song of the moment, thanks), "Action" and "Kick Out Of You". - Jenny Valentine / Blogcritics

Coffin Lids = Iggy and the Stooges + Dick Dale + The Buzzcocks + Legendary Invisible Men
Oh the horro of it all! A garage band that can actually play, but remains just as raw and fun as a horror movieon AHlloween -- wait... that's not horrible, that's fantastic! The Coffin Lids are a garage surf-punk band with horror leanings that can really pull all of that off. The opening track, "Frankenstrin," sets the tone for the rest of the record: spooky energetic organs, fuzzed-out guitars and rumbling bass lines. The lids even introduce their signature dance, "The Creepy Crawl," which you'll need to know because this record forces you to dance. This is the best garage band I've heard in long time [sic].- James Orme / Slug Magazine

'Round Midnight is grimy basement stomp about monsters ("Frankenstein"), sex ("I'm Going To Have My Way (With the 5,6,7,8's" and a nice and crunchy rip through the Lime Spiders' "Slave Girl"), booze ("Whiskey Drinkin' Woman"), and occasionally, combinations of the three ("Tonight You're Going to Die in My Garage"). Thankfully, it's completely free of the horror-nerdism that plagues creature feature-minded bands like Nekromantix or the HorrorPops; instead, The Coffin Lids mine the same just-goofing vein as the Mummies and Groovie Ghoulies ­ they know it's retarded, but it sure is fun to sing about. Subject matter isn't the only thing The Coffin Lids share with the Mummies ­ 'Round Midnight doesn't begin to approach the subterranean production value of their best 45s, but it's definitely one of the sludgiest sounding CDs of the last few years. And by sludgy, of course, I mean that it sounds totally and completely boss. - Paul Gaita / Sleazegrinder

From the very beginning strains of the opening track, Frankenstein, you know this is going to be a good one. The Coffin Lids scream "It's Alive!" and then proceed to prove that they're one of the most powerful bands in garage trash rock. Just in case you have any doubts, the next three fuel-injected songs on the disc reach into your ears and rip out your spine, as they seamlessly charge from Teenage Shakedown to Whiskey Drinkin' Woman and on into Walk A Mile In My Shoes without pausing to take a breather. By the halfway mark, you'll be collapsing to the floor after shimmying yourself to near death. Wow, this is hot stuff! Keep all combustible liquids and small children away from this one, as the garage hasn't rocked like this in a long, long time. - Mishmash

These guys are pretty much what the name would lead you to believe: hard hitting garage punk with a touch of horror. 14 tracks here, kind of like throwing DMZ, Radio Birdman & 45 Grave in a blender. They also include a killer cover of the Lime Spiders classic "Slave Girl" just so you know where they're coming from. This is well worth your time.- JR / Loud Fast Rules #3

This was the last band Greg Shaw signed before his demise, and it's a fuckin' superb addition to Bomp's already great catalogue. Crazee fuzzed out garagepunk outta Boston that I wouldn't mind seeing live, cuz this shit rocks, BIG TIME! All tunes rip, from the cool cover of the greatest 80s garage song ever, "Slave Girl" (Lime Spiders), to my fave stomper at the moment, "I'm Going To Have My Way (With The 5,6,7,8's)". Highly recommended!! - Jens / Lowcut

The second album is always the hardest to create, so it's no doubt that the Coffin Lids found themselves in a difficult situation while recording 'Round Midnight, the follow-up to their outstanding debut. It wouldn't be right to claim that Rock N' Roll was a perfect album, it was almost purposely the farthest thing from perfect, but it was a complete ideal, a raw blast of retro-minded garage punk that seemed to be recorded on a worn down, hand-held cassette recorder from the room across the hall and yet sounded all the better for it. If they had recorded anything that was in exactly the same vein as Rock N' Roll, the Coffin Lids would have risked releasing something of a faded Xerox of their debut. However, if they decided to make any significant changes in their sound, they would distance themselves from what made them a unique and fearsome band. When examined with the idea that the Coffin Lids had painted themselves into a corner, 'Round Midnight reveals itself to be the best path the band could have taken, a worthwhile album that finds the band sticking with its signature sound without being burdened by it. The Coffin Lids travel on fairly well-trod ground, music-wise. Influenced heavily by '60s garage rock and the B-movie detritus that it was connected to, the Coffin Lids combine their retro-mood with the attitude and tempos of classic punk rock. The Coffin Lids however play with an abandon that separates themselves from their contemporaries. Songs like "Teenage Shakedown" and "Mad Party" contain a burst of the truly schizophrenic, reminiscent more of the lunatic Japanese garage rockers rather than the current crop of American/Anglo revivalists. The Coffin Lids seem to acknowledge this kinship in the album's clear standout, "I'm Going to Have My Way (With the 5.6.7.8.'s)": a rollicking, lustful ode to Quentin Tarantino's favorite Japanese girl group. The main difference between 'Round Midnight and its predecessor is the production. The production on the band's debut was deliberately terrible, compressing the three instrumentalists into a single, unidentifiable blast of primal rock and roll, so its sequel would have better production simply by default. Still, the relatively clear sounds of 'Round Midnight highlight the Coffin Lids' musical skills and deft control of melody, aided by the band's use of the farfisa organ and backing vocals. As a result, the album gets a poppier sheen, as the sing-a-long nature of the band's simple songs is more readily apparent. Still, the Coffin Lids remain raw and untamed. "Whiskey Drinkin' Woman", on paper, sounds like the latest cookie-cutter Hives single, but the Lids play it as the greasy, nasty ode to alcoholic babes that it was meant to be. Adding to the (slight) maturity, the Coffin Lids are shaking some of their goofier conceits. After their debut got them tagged as sort of sci-fi/horror rockers, the band concentrates more on partying, girls, and rock and roll on the follow-up. Yes, they still open with a song called "Frankenstein", sarcastically attempt to start a teenage dance craze with "Creepy Crawl", and end the album with Song Title of 2005 runner-up, "Tonight You're Going to Die in My Garage", but for the rest of the album, the band outgrows the novelty-act label. 'Round Midnight, in turn, sounds like a more mature album, but it comes at a price: there's nothing here as brilliantly simple as the brainless beauties "Coffin Lids Rock 'n' Roll" or "Beer and Rock and Roll". Still, it would have been foolish to attempt to rekindle the Ramones-Zen Stupidity of the band's first, and the band is better now following the spiritual legacy of long-lived party bands such as the Fleshtones and the Flamin' Groovies. 'Round Midnight is not as good as the Coffin Lids' debut, but that's to be expected. The Coffin Lids are on the path for a long career creating simple, but not simplistic, three-minute slabs of garage rock, and are lucky enough to be on a label, Bomp!, that fits their attitude perfectly. As long as there are bands like the Lids around, garage rock in its purest form will still be alive, no matter what the current trends are. And that's a good thing. - Hunter Felt / Pop Matters

Coffin Lids review on the Munchkin site (Belgium)

'Round Midnight is The Coffin Lids' second sizzlin' slice of amplified mayhem and madness, and I'm here to tell ya that it's a stark, raving bloodbath of carnal Rock 'n' Roll sounds with a heavily distorted Garage Rock twist looming large in the lair. If Dracula, the Wolfman, Frankenstein's monster, and the Creature from the Black Lagoon formed a band of their very own, Satan would declare them The Coffin Lids, and they'd forever be immortalized as Hell's house band, playing purgatorial keggers, toga parties, and bowling marathons for the rest of eternity. Yep, The Coffin Lids have savagely unleashed a screaming, horror-inspired torrent of pure rip 'n' slash Garage Rock mania in the frightfully stompin' form of 'Round Midnight. It's sure to bring out the inner demon in you all, so play it loud during the entire cycle of each month's full moon, and then shimmy and shake in the cemetery until the dead come a-calling.
- Roger Moser / Under The Volcano

Mixing equal amounts of Oi! punk and surf rock, 'Round Midnight is an explosion of devious rock. The sound of the Boston-based band is a fun-embracing riot of a good time. This is what it would sound like if Dick Dale met the Mooney Suzuki in a beer commercial, or if you put the Business on a surfboard with the Small Faces. Fourteen tracks of relentless fun, the sonic insurrection begins with "Teenage Shakedown" and refuses to slow down from that moment on. The band is good at what they do, never failing to make you want to scream along to their songs about drinking, partying, and getting the proverbial "it" on with fellow psycho-surf rockers, the Japanese trio the 5.6.7.8's. Far from your grandpa's idea of a surf rock band, yet still loyal to some of those roots, the Coffin Lids make the idea of a surf-injected garage rock band sound far from tired. - Andres Carrera / Upbeet Music

I gotta say that this moved me a lot more than most current garage contempos even with the now-patented football chants heard therein. Now I sincerely doubt this is going to be one of those perennial spins here at BTC central, but I like it enough in my cornbread 1985 way, and I'm pretty sure that if you like the conveyor belt of retro- and not-so garage punks that have been coming your way for longer than you can remember you'll like this 'un too! - black2com

Though this isn't the lo-fi wonder of 2004's "Rock 'n' Roll," this Boston, MA garage-punk band hasn't lost their edge in the studio upgrade. The album's filled with furious, raucous guitar, shouted vocals and tempos that will leave everyone sweaty by the end of the night. A cover of The Lime Spiders' "Slave Girl" is suitably menacing, and though the rhythm guitar riffs are occasionally a bit familiar, the band's combination of mid-60s garage and 70s punk bravura is a winner. - Eli Messinger / Amazon.com

Oh, the darkness ... The Coffin Lids send me their latest horror rocker "Round Midnight" ­ with tunes like Frankenstein and Tonight You're Going To Die In My Garage" you know where they're at. Gimme Pinhead anytime. - NY Waste

Round Midnight is the latest effort from The Coffin Lids. An awesome blend of 60's style pop and punk this disc is as fun as it is hardcore. With tracks like Whisky Drinkin Woman (which is slowly becoming my personal theme song) make you want to pound some booze and party while Shake and Tonight Your Going to Die in My Garage, can only be described as fuckin fun. You will defiantly have a good time with Round Midnight, but it's The Coffin Lids for fucks sake! Did you expect anything less?? - Ectomag

Those familiar with The Coffin Lids are now scratching their heads and wondering about that Fifties reference. Everybody knows that The Coffin Lids are a slamming garage punk monster of a group; a mixture of the best of Sixties and Seventies rock. Yeah, yeah that stuff's in there with thunderous good results, but there's a dose of Fifties greaser slithering around too. Put it this way, there's no way you'd ever find The Coffin Lids playing a dance for the socials. Another thing to love about The Coffin Lids is the fun song titles. There's "Frankenstein" even if Edgar Winter beat them to it, "Teenage Shakedown", "Mad Party", "Creepy Crawl" even if Black Flag was borrowing that bit from Charlie Manson years ago for some funny radio commercials, and "Tonight You're Going To Die In My Garage" that sound as cool as their titles. It's adrenalized bull elephant killing kind of music. Zack Brines contributes some tasty farfisa to several of the tracks on Round Midnight for some requisite Mysterian style menace. A reverent cover of The Lime Spiders' "Slave Girl" is thrown into the mix and it could be a damn near life changing experience for some perhaps. The biggest winner is "Action" which would make a great theme song. Round Midnight is raucous, rebellious, and relentless. Those are three of the prime ingredients that make for good rock and roll. So join me in getting out of the gutter, because the The Coffin Lids are ready. - Wally Bangs / Blogcritics

From the very beginning strains of the opening track, Frankenstein, you know this is going to be a good one. The Coffin Lids scream "It's Alive!" and then proceed to prove that they're one of the most powerful bands in garage trash rock. Just in case you have any doubts, the next three fuel-injected songs on the disc reach into your ears and rip out your spine, as they seamlessly charge from Teenage Shakedown to Whiskey Drinkin' Woman and on into Walk A Mile In My Shoes without pausing to take a breather. By the halfway mark, you'll be collapsing to the floor after shimmying yourself to near death. Wow, this is hot stuff! Keep all combustible liquids and small children away from this one, as the garage hasn't rocked like this in a long, long time. - Mish Mash

Hailing from Boston, MA come the Coffin Lids. A garage rock band that has brought it back to the basics. Comparable to the Mummies, the Sonics, and the Swingin' Neckbreakers. 'Round Midnight has the raw sound that is lacking in today's music. With driving guitars and the lyrics to back them up, the Coffin Lids leave you wanting more. Featuring 14 tracks of hard hitting garage rock such as 'Mad Party', a great track about being a little too wasted, 'I'm Going To Have My Way (With The 5,6,7,8's), possibly my favorite track about their love of the 5,6,7,8's, and the Coffin Lids also teach us how to do the 'Creepy Crawl' on the track of the same name. - Josh / EPunkZine

'Round Midnight' is the newest release from The Coffin Lids hailing from Boston. "Walk a mile in my shoes" clocks in with buzzing guitars and vocals that make you believe these guys have walked many a Rock and Roll mile. I can picture seeing these guys playing live with every member pausing between songs to take a sip of whiskey only to drive into the next song harder and louder. They sound Rock & Roll and they are Rock & Roll. Track eight, "Action" has some great sounding vocals and a beat that keeps you guessing what comes next. "Kick out of you" reminds me of the Stooges for some reason. "She's the Bomb" has a really cool driving beat that makes me wanna do just that..drive fast. "Creepy Crawl" has the band giving there own version of a sing along dance along song done with the cool sound that creeps out of each song on this disc. The last track on this disc "Tonight you're gonna die in my garage reminds me a bit of The Ruiners. What ever happened to those guys anyway? The Coffin Lids have proven their bad ass rock music to me with this disc. I will not only go see them live if they come around Atlanta but I'll eagerly await each release they put out. - Music Filter

This album blows away a lot of the "garage rock" crap being released these days. The record starts out with "Coffin Lids Rock 'N' Roll," which just repeats the title. It serves as a great intro and a statement of intent. Great songs such as "One Foot In the Grave," "On the Loose," "Be My Girl," and "Michelle" rock like a swing set in a tornado while also being very catchy and poppy. The Sonics and the Mummies have been mentioned numerous times in describing the Coffin Lids' sound, and I have to agree. Those bands are great, and the Coffin Lids prove themselves to be rather great with this record. If the two cover songs ("Pipeline" and "She Lied") were replaced with originals, this would possibly be a perfect record. - Nothing To Do

Wow, this CD seems like it is twice as loud as the last CD I listened to. I've barely got the stereo turned up and it sounds like it's gonna blow a hole in my speaker. Bless their hearts. When you're cocky enough to call your album Rock 'n Roll it's important to deliver coming right out of the gate and the Coffin Lids emphaticaly deliver on this one. Righteous! - AMP

It's become a trend for modern garage albums to have a low-fi sound - check out most of Mr. Airplane Man's discs, for instance - but the Coffin Lids' album outdoes them all for sheer lack of production. The drums and guitars sound grisly enough, there's feedback all over the place, and Feydale's voice sounds like it's being played with a worn-out phono needle. "Yeah, it's the lowest-fi record ever put out," he says proudly. "We recorded it with room mikes in the rehearsal studio, but we plugged the vocal mike into a tube pre-amp. So the harder you sing, the more the signal would clip and distort. A lot of records I love have that kind of sound - the Mummies' stuff does, and the Billy Childish stuff - and it's more spooky. Spooky is good."The Coffin Lids have had a consistent sound since the band was formed two and a half years ago, despite having been through two lead guitarists, two bass players, and three drummers (the current lineup is Coffin Mikey - alias Noise scribe Mike Baldino - on guitar, Coffin Jay on bass, and Coffin Damian on drums). "The only problem we've had was that our first guitar player played too well to be in the Coffin Lids - now that we've got Mikey we've dumbed it down real good. The only reason we've had so many lineups is that I wanted to be sure we could tour. - Rocking Garage

If the Cramps took their fidelity down a notch or two, perhaps recording with a single overhead microphone (ala The Kingsmen's "Louie, Louie"), they'd get the sort of garage grunge offered by Boston's Coffin Lids. Their rowdy rock 'n' roll is fueled by the Northwest sounds of The Wailers and Sonics, with shouted vocals that tax their microphones' headroom. The overall effect has the electricity of a Pebbles compilation - quickly recorded garage classics remastered from sleeve-sanded 45s.Fans of current rock 'n' roll acts like The White Stripes and Jet may very well love this more primal variant, if they can get past the beautiful lo-fi mono sonics. Collectors of the Nuggets, Pebbles and Boulders releases (not to mention Wailers, Sonics, Cramps, and Mummies fans) should take this out for a spin. - Amazon.com

The Coffin Lids: Rock 'n' Roll (Bomp) Fuzzed out rockin' garage chock full of horror shtick and thunderous licks. No doubt a ton o' fun live and while the package is a tad thin, the tattoos and brews seem to tell the story pretty clear. Nice version of "Pipeline" too! Another Schlitz boys?Under the Volcano:With a vocalist who sounds a lot like a ghoulish, meth-wrecked Ray Charles, the Coffin Lids specialize in sweaty, gritty, and trashy Garage Rock 'n' Roll burliness with a lo-fi horror-boogie edge. A manic maelstrom of stripped-down, volcanic guitar riffs uncontrollably broils and rampages in an unrelenting, voluminous blast of bass and drum rhythms. And it's all frenetically driven along by the sporadic, spine-shivering flashiness of a spooky, house-haunting Farfisa organ. I wouldn't be a bit surprised if the Coffin Lids are actually cannibalistic hearse mechanics who work the graveyard shift only during a full moon. "One Foot In The Grave", "Nite Of The Zombies", "On The Loose", "Supercharger", "Vampire Girl", "Eye On You", and "Smokin' Monkey" are just seven of the 14 terror-wreaking tracks that's sure to get you twistin' and stompin' like Herman Munster on steroids. Crazy, man, crazy!--Roger Moser / Mohair Sweets

"Coffin Lids Rock'n'Roll" abre el trabajo debut de estos chicos de Boston y pareciera ser toda una declaración de principios. Rock and roll crudo, sin concesiones y directo a la vena. Las precarias condiciones de grabación de este disco te dejan un delicioso gustillo que ayuda a que el este trabajo tenga una onda sensacional, con un sonido muy emparentado con lo que supieron hacer bandas como The Sonics, The Cramps o The Mummies pero agregándole mucha distorsión para crear un sonido de cripta en ebullición. Las versiones de los clásicos Pipeline y She lied, terminan redondeando un excelente disco que definitivamente pone en aprietos a todas esos grupitos de impostores que se están ganando la plata fácil con música supuestamente salida de lo mas profundo de sus corazones. Este trabajo es una mas que interesante alternativa para chequear el verdadero estado del rock de estos días. Si no vas a inventar nada nuevo, al menos hace una reverencia a tus referentes con clase, tal como lo saben hacer los Coffin Lids. - Zomagiirante (Chile)