(gripweeds.com) The Grip Weeds
were formed off of the Jersey Turnpike exit 9 and quickly arrived at the Psyche
pop HIGHway Cloud 9. But rather than
visit the 60s on their DVD they have hit the 90s, when bands had “EPKs” which oddly
stood for Electronic Press Kits, which were barely electronic, Vas they were VHS
tapes with relatively low budget video content hyping the band. This DVD
features the group jamming their awesome hits in their home studio, augmented
by cheap but cheerful in-camera psyche effects. Then there is the band in
talking head mode (as in Ken Burns documentary blather, not David Byrne giant
suit) explaining the band history and songs and personel. And you know what –--
I love it! They are so sincere and
unpretenscious and hardworking that I’m happy to watch their home movies!
Better yet, the bonus videos (cheapo actual music vids) are KILLER! Better than the DVD is their latest CD, which features a lot of the same songs (their greatest "hits") but rather than the DVD's "live" in the studio (which sort of means they are not dead when playing it, but by all other definitions, it's a studio recording) this has the energy of the audience and feels exciting and fun, and shows what their great psyche pop can do to people. It can grip them. And weed out the poseurs.
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