Albert Hammond Jr
101/ Postal Blowfish

Cover art for 101/ Postal Blowfish by Albert Hammond Jr Description: 7" on Rough Trade
Format: 7" (vinyl)
Genre(s): Indie Rock
Label: Rough Trade
Price:
£1.99
Availability: Sold out / currently unavailable. Sorry!

3Rating: 3
...according to our on 23 November 2006.

Phil knows everything. I'm not kidding. He knows this weeks lottery numbers. He also knows that ALBERT HAMMOND Jr is some dude from The Strokes. I think it's him on the sleeve (Albert, not Phil) wearing a crisp pear of white jeans. I bet he just put them on to get the shot and then whipped them straight off. I defy any human man to keep a pair of white jeans clean. It simply isn't possible. '101' sounds like a The Strokes lite. Or Diet Strokes. Radio friendly enough but maybe not quite catchy enough to be as successful as the Strokes. You can buy Strokes albums at you're local super market but I doubt the'll be stocking this CD single or it's two 7" counterparts which are out on Rough Trade which is a British indie institution. Prison is also an institution but I wouldn't want to go there... am talking shit again...

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What their label says...

ALBERT HAMMOND JR. LEGENDARY GUITARIST WITH THE STROKES AND SON OF ALBERT HAMMOND RELEASES 101 HIS FIRST PHYSICAL SINGLE FROM DEBUT SOLO ALBUM YOURS TO KEEP.

SINGLE FORMATS INCLUDE EXCLUSIVE B SIDES.

MAXI CD FEATURES WELL ALRIGHT, A BUDDY HOLLY COVER AND THE 101 VIDEO DIRECTED BY PATRICK DAUGHTERS.

7" 1 FEATURES "POSTAL BLOWFISH" A GUIDED BY VOICES COVER.

7" 2 IS COLOURED VINYL AND FEATURES WELL ALRIGHT.

YOURS TO KEEP WAS RECORDED AT NEW YORK’S ELECTRIC LADYLAND STUDIOS WITH HAMMOND JR. AS GUITARIST AND VOCALIST TOGETHER WITH JOSH LATTANZI ON BASS AND MATT ROMANO ON DRUMS.

THAT BASIC TRIO HAS BEEN AUGMENTED BY SEAN LENNON ON BACKING VOCALS AND PIANO FOR 101.

THE ALBUM COMES IN ADDITION TO HAMMOND JR’S WORK WITH THE STROKES HE IS NOT LEAVING THE BAND.