Nobunny
Love Visions
1234Go!
10/10
Pretty sure this guy played at the Delta Tau Chi Fraternity House in National Lampoon’s Animal House. Okay, so he didn’t. But he should’ve. This is raunchy, sloppy, fuzzy, stripped down, punk ’n’ roll. There is a noticeable Cramps and Ramones influence. Like those two bands, Nobunny plays songs that sound like a lo-fi punk homage to Chuck Berry and early rock and roll. In that regard, I would say Nobunny shares a few similarities to The Underground Railroad to Candyland as well.
Plus, this guy constantly tips his hat to the one and only Hasil Adkins, who lived but one county over from where I grew up in West Virginia. If you’re down with Hasil, you’re okay in my book. The album is full of danceable rock tunes and probably clocks in at around 25 minutes. I don’t think a single song is over three minutes long. My favorite is “I am a Girlfriend.” “Church Mouse” is another nice, slow jam, but there really isn’t a bad song here. I doubt this will be for everyone, but if you dig your music on the lo-fi side, and you like to get sweaty in basements with your friends while drinking beer from the cheap 30 packs you all threw in on, then this could be your favorite album for the rest of the summer.
–Luke Toney