On their debut album,
the Shakes deliver eleven gloriously bashed out testimonials to the power of pop. Together with their various cohorts, Pete
Gilabert (Stool Pigeons) and Janet Housden (Redd Kross / Superkools / Excessories) have spent the last eight years sidestepping
insipid music trends and wading through L.A.s fickle club scene to create a stunning body of original work steeped in the
finest tradition of classic songwriting. Like the cartoon cover that adorns their debut disc, the Shakes wallow in a kaleidoscopic
world of pure pop pleasure, from the piano-laden baroque beauty of "Apartment Song" and the strangled jazz noir groove of
"Plastic Promise," to the fab faux Saturday morning comic book beat of "Knee Highs Theme" and the guitar-fueled power pop
crunch of "Shining On You," "Got A Date" and "Something Bitter Comes." Not-so-innocent boy-girl harmonies, swirling '60s organ
fills, and hook-heavy riffs round out this exuberant collection. Get into it before you get left out.
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01
Shining On You
02
Written Guarantee
03
Mine, Mine, Mine
04
Let's Make Out
05
That Girl
06
Got A Date
07
Something Bitter Comes
08
Apartment Song
09
Knee Highs Theme
10
Oh, Michelle
11
Plastic Promise
Cat. #: TEENA-001
Released: 2002
 
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