"A minor (and possibly — time will tell — major) masterpiece." -- L.A. Weekly

Tired of trying to save the world with their songs about girls, the Shakes on their third CD set their sites on the tragic remains of their beloved Silverlake. The Rise and Fall of Modern Living is a Kinks-like travelogue on the nation's leading trust fund slum set to a Cuisinart mix of rock history, employing everything from classic sixties pop and L.A. cosmic cowboy country to bubblegum and Norteno to tell the story of the Gentrification Blues. Survivors of Silverlake’s post-whatever underground rock scene, Peter Gilabert and Janet Housden’s long standing institution use their new release to reach out -- in their own twisted and jaded way -- to both the people and parasites who populate the sunshine jungle/plastic paradise that Los Angeles has devolved into.

Welcome to the neighborhood.