Famous Mammals - s/t LP [Inscrutable]

Famous Mammals - s/t LP [Inscrutable]

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Fantastic SF bedroom garage pop on Martin Meyer (Lumpy & the Dumpers, Lumpy Records)'s new INSCRUTABLE label! 

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Famous Mammals were already going to be fantastic the moment they decided to form as a pandemic avocation in 2020, considering they’d been birthed from the flames of recent Oakland, CA scene-definers Rays, The World and Andy Human & The Reptoids. Yet when their wonderfully sharp & confounding self-titled tape came out in 2021, they were better than that, even. Their initial sound clicked along, searched and then found oblique treasure in a deep DIY post-punk void one might associate with 39 Clocks or the Swell Maps - sometimes aggressively sharp and pointed, other times given to captivating and off-centered murky quaalude meandering in all the ways you love. 

I’m a big fan of Stanley Martinez’ vocals and guitar, and have been since the first time I saw & heard Rays, and he transported his A-game to a recording session yet again. Likewise Amber Sermeno - we all swooned for her fronting The World, and while we only get one lone track w/ her vocals, it might even be the best thing on here: the chugging & propulsive “Unspoken Chair”. Andy Human - well, that guy just moves from strength to strength, excelling as a bass player here and general instrumental conductor of an echoey and wide-open sound partially transported from the hinterlands, moors and home studios of 1979 Northern England. To my ears, this was the first truly great set of recordings to emerge from a “pandemic band”, and now that they’ve gone on to be a full-fledged recording project and occasional touring band of some renown, it’s phenomenal to see it in the format it’s always deserved.
- Jay Hinman (Dynamite Hemorrhage)
 


released April 22, 2024

Stanley Martinez - Vocals, Electric Guitar, Viola, Belgian Siren, Vacuum, Radio, Alto Saxophone, Fluxus Chairs, Percussion
Andy Jordan - Bass, Electric Piano, Synthesizer, Backing Vocals, Upright Piano, Chord Organ, Whistles, Percussion
Amber Sermeno - Viola, Vocals, Footsteps
Camille Ian - Reads Flora Tristan
Whippany Melo-Sonic - Drums

Recorded and Mixed in West Oakland, Brussels, Parc de Forest, Saint-Gilles - October 2020 - March 2021

Artwork by Famous Mammals
Mastered by Mikey Young

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