The Monsieurs, “High School Star” (Goodbye Boozy Records)
https://soundcloud.com/goodbye-boozy-records/the-monsieurs-high-school-star
Following their crazy good (and, in parts, just plain ol’ crazy) 2014 self-tltled album, Boston scuzz-punk rockers The Monsieurs are back with a new double-a side single, “High School Star/Jack of Hearts”.
We here at thegrindinghalt wanted to give a glowing review of The Monsieurs (the album) but were, frankly, to busy listening to it and breaking shit to actually get around to writing one, so…if you haven’t yet experienced that aural Misfits/Ramones/Monks/Sha Na Na knife fight (actual knife fight, mind, none of that West Side Story or “Beat It” nonsense) do so, ok? Great, thanks.
Anywho, “High School Star” continues the three chords and a cloud of dust assault of the full-length. The band is at full strength here, piledriving their way through roughly two and one-half minutes of relentless rock. Singer Andy California still sounds like he’s sing/screaming through a swarm of bees over a Hilken Mancini guitar slash reminiscent of “Wild Thing”, while Erin King provides the rhythmic stomp. While I’m missing, a bit, the backup ‘sha la las’ so prevalent on the album, this still rages.
“High School Star” is out now on Goodbye Boozy Records, a label out of Teramo, Italy that is also home to other great bands like Sick Thoughts and The Husbands.
