I received this demo a while back. The CDr contains three names and three US phone numbers - but no track details. I think I have lost the sheet of paper telling me that kind of thing. Yeah, I know I should be more organised. I popped the CD in the PC to give it a listen, hoping that the titles would appear out of the ether. Sadly they didn't. As it is The Superbeams appear to come from Dayton, Ohio in the USA. They offer up 5 tracks of punchy indie guitar rock on these demos - coming in somewhere between Pavement and Superchunk. I can't say it's bad. I can't say it's good either. It's ok. I'm not jumping up and down with excitement upon hearing it but unlike most demos I recieve - I haven't switched it off either. I'd mark that down as some kind of acheivement. Take a listen for yourself, if you are that way inclined.
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The Superbeams
"Keep Talkin' Dunce" CDEP
self-released
Genre: rock, punk rock
June 2008
The Superbeams specialize in grueling rock music that expends punk abrasiveness on atypically plodding tempos. The result, an amateurish cross between Helmet and any given high school punk band, might have been successful had it exercised an ounce of originality. There isn't much to recommend here; between the spiritless chanting of "I Love" and the tired Bush-directed vitriol of "Big Dummy," this sounds as if it was as fun to record as it is to listen to - and that isn't a compliment. The two best tracks come last - "Graces" is a mildly interesting Killdozer replica, while the stoner garage rock of "Wizard" boasts some decidedly Blue Cheer influenced riffing. There is some promise here, but The Superbeams desperately need a retool before they record again.
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[Vitals: 5 tracks, distributed by the band, released 2008]
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