Tune In Saturdays: Baboon

You don't really expect to be overly surprised by a band that's been around for 15 years, but with Dallas-based Baboon, they fucking shocked me.

As a staple of the Dallas scene for years, they've flirted with labels, got big and bigger back when the Toadies were still rockin' it, and from what I thought, had settled into being just a hometown band.

And then comes this eponymous new release, full of bleeding harmonies and soul, but still retaining all the old-style noise ruck and punk manifesto that they ever had.  It's not a reinvention, but more of a resuscitation.  All the rock, but now with more depth and maturity.

Although, the record is full of gems, start over at the MySpace page with Light of the Lightning Strike.  The payoff is so nice.  I promise.

Or, below is the promotional video for the new record, featuring the song Saturday.

Comments

[Tim Jackson]

Me like! A lot too... I'll have to go buy that.

I don't really know why, but they make me think of Possum Dixon. Maybe it was your reference to the Toadies (Rubberneck is still one of my favorites). I hope the song (Saturday) stays stuck in my head for awhile because I liked it a lot.

By the way, listening to Wilco as I stumbled upon this post. Hmm... kinda cool.

[Paul McEnany]

I love me some Wilco. Great stuff.

Did you also check out Light of the Lightning Strike? That's the one I keep going back and listening to again. Great hook.