Rough Bunnies - Weisse Western, Dreck Am

I ONCE SAW AN INTERVIEW WITH THE MEMBERS OF NIRVANA TALKING ABOUT WHEN THEY TOURED WITH SHONEN KNIFE AND WOULD CRY EVERY NIGHT WHILE THEY WATCHED THEIR SET OUT OF SHEER JOY AND UNRIVALED BEAUTY. I DIDN'T THINK MUCH ABOUT IT OR EVEN TRY TO UNDERSTAND THAT FEELING UNTIL MY BAND PLAYED A FESTIVAL IN SWEDEN LAST YEAR AND THE ROUGH BUNNIES PLAYED RIGHT BEFORE US. HAILING FROM MALMO, THIS DUO (WITH OCCASIONAL GUESTS) ENCAPSULATES A SENSE OF INNOCENCE, JOY, CONFUSION AND REAL YOUTH STYLE FEELINGS AND COMMUNICATES THEM IN A WAY SO HONESTLY IT'S HARD TO LOOK AWAY, WHETHER OR NOT YOU LIKE THE MUSIC. ALL THE ELEMENTS OF AMETURISH-YET-IMMEDIATE SONGWRITING AND MUSICIANSHIP THAT GO INTO THE SONGS OF THE ROUGH BUNNIES COULD ILLICIT COMPARISONS TO BANDS THAT CAME BEFORE WITH A SIMILAR VIBE; THE VELVET UNDERGROUND, BEAT HAPPENING, THE VASELINES, MOLDY PEACHES, SHONEN KNIFE, ET AL.. BUT PAYING ATTENTION AND REALLY GETTING TO KNOW THE GROUP, YOU COME TO UNDERSTAND THAT THEY'RE NOT JUST ANOTHER BAND THAT SOUNDS LIKE THOSE LIFE-CHANGING, UNSUNG, WIDELY OVERLOOKED AND UNDERRATED GROUPS, NOR ARE THEY TRYING TO COYLY MIMIC THAT FEELING. THE ROUGH BUNNIES ARE THE NEXT BAND ON THAT PAGE OF HISTORY, A BEAUTIFUL AND AMAZING, IF DOGEARED AND TEA STAINED PAGE. THIS LP IS THEIR FIRST, FOLLOWING THREE EXTREMELY LIMITED CDRS AVAILABLE ONLY IN SWEDEN. LIMITED TO 200 LP

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