My Beach | 'kook Juice' Coloured Vinyl
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Futurismo present a first time reissue of the classic 1980 album My Beach by those 'spoiled brats from Malibu' - the obnoxious and irreverent Surf Punks. You'd be forgiven for thinking this album was made years later in the decade, ahead of it's time in both sound and style, but this was surf rock designed for the 1980's: anarchic and in your face, a beach bound punk satire with tongue firmly in cheek. Surf Punks kick My Beach off with it's famously catchy title track, letting you know exactly where they're coming from with their mantra 'my beach, my chix, my waves, go home!'. The band were real life hardcore surfers and partly as wry humour and partly observation, a reoccurring attitude of localism permeates the record as the Surf Punk 'Locals' are pitted against their wave stealing enemies, the 'Valleys', San Fernando out-of-towners chastised for living beyond the beaches 2 mile limit. Like a pop punk fuelled West Side Story set in California, the tracks stick in your eardrums long after listening not only due to the wild lyrical content, but also the quality song writing chops of the main duo Dennis Dragon and Drew Steele who knew how to pen the 'Ramones go West' hooks needed for their brand of new wave pop. On stage the band committed fully to the beach life concept, constructing a full size lifeguard tower, as singer Drew would ride the stage on his Skatar - a custom designed skateboard affixed to a Fender Stratocaster neck and pickups. The band were so committed to sur
Tracks
1~1~My Beach1~2~My Wave
1~3~Teenage Girls
1~4~Shoulder Hopper
1~5~The Dummies
1~6~Beer Can Beach
1~7~Surfer's Nitemare
1~8~I Live For The Sun
1~9~Meet Me At The Beach
1~10~Big Top
1~11~Somebody Ripped My Stick
1~12~Letter From Hawaii
1~13~The Surfmen
1~14~Can't Get A Tan
1~15~The Surf Instructor
1~16~Punch Out At Malibu
1~17~Bird Bathroom
Details
Format: Vinyl LPArtist: Surf Punks
Release Date: 29 September 2023
Genre: Punk
Label: FUTURISMO
Distributor: Rocket Group
