Fitting nine songs on a single 7″ is no small feat, but I don’t think The Dumpies (Astoria, Oregon) and Night Court (Vancouver, BC) believe what they’ve achieved is all that special. Writing short songs that kick in immediately and stop promptly simply is their M.O., it is what comes out of these musicians’ hands and mouths when you put them in a room together. We covered both bands before of course. We loved The Dumpies’ sports icon series and Night Court is one of our favorite bands of the past couple of years.
Put both bands on a 7″ together – courtesy of Hovercraft Records, available at Green Noise Records, and suddenly you realize how well they go together and how complementary they are. The Dumpies and Night Court both sound like they write songs off the cuff and press record as soon as smiles erupt in their practice space. That first-take spontaneity and andrenaline rush is palpable on the nine songs here – five by the Dumpies on one side, four by Night Court on the other. Sure, The Dumpies may lean slightly towards a pop punk sound, and Night Court have their own unique indie/garage/powerpop/punk thing going one, but both sound lo-fi, scrappy and fun as hell.
SHIT SPLIT Part Duh is a must for human beings with short attention spans and who like their music awesome.
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