The Rekoys

The Rekoys

The Rekoys

Track Listings
 
1. Song on the Paper Dolls
2. Shake Off Your Nerve
3. Over Your Shoulder
4. That's the Punchline
5. Let You In
6. Blizzard of '93
7. Let's Get Educated
8. Modern Art Museum
9. Look Out Your Window
10. Roy Orbison
11. Recoys

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The Rekoys
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • great garage rock from future Walkmen members
  • lost gem from a proto-Walkmen band
 The Rekoys
The Recoys
Manufacturer: Troubleman Unlimited
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0001J3W4G
Release Date: 2004-04-27

Tracks:

  1. Song on the Paper Dolls
  2. Shake Off Your Nerve
  3. Over Your Shoulder
  4. That's the Punchline
  5. Let You In
  6. Blizzard of '93
  7. Let's Get Educated
  8. Modern Art Museum
  9. Look Out Your Window
  10. Roy Orbison
  11. Recoys

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars great garage rock from future Walkmen members.......2007-03-28

I picked this up very cheaply recently and have found it to be worth every penny. Joking aside, this is a very cool rock record featuring Hamilton Leithauser and Peter Bauer of the Walkmen, one of my favorite bands. Recorded in the late 90s, it wasn't released on CD until 2003. Three songs were eventually re-recorded by the Walkmen (That's the Punch Line and The Blizzard of '93 ('96) released on Everyone Who Pretended to Like Me is Gone, and Look Out Your (the) Window on a split EP with Calla). The music is not too far removed from the Walkmen, 60s influenced garage rock but with far less organ and piano. Song of the Paper Dolls is a great opener, showcasing Leithauser's slurred vocals. Other highlights include That's the Punch Line, Modern Art Museum, and Shake Off Your Nerve). There are some errors in the tracklisting as the other reviewer mentioned.

5 out of 5 stars lost gem from a proto-Walkmen band.......2004-06-16

This disc is great. I'd say that while The Recoys never attained the success of Jonathan FireEater, the other proto-Walkmen group, the songs here are as good as anything JFE ever did. In fact, I'd say that The Recoys sound to me more like JFE than they do early Walkmen.

The songs here are more uptempo and conventional than most of The Walkmen's debut, but Hamilton's excellent vocal performance is already present in these tracks. And hey, the songs of "Bows + Arrows" retreat a bit from the experimental spaciousness of "Everyone Who Pretended" anyway, and that's still a great album.

Fans of The Walkmen will recognize an early versions of "The Blizzard of '96" and "That's The Punchline" from "Everyone Who Pretended" here, as well as a version of "Look Out Your Window" which appeared on The Walkmen's split disc with Calla (great song, btw).

Just a note: the tracklisting on my copy has some errors. Tracks 5 and 6 reversed, same with 9 and 10. But it's excellent that Realistic Records brought these obscure recordings to light.
http://wwww.realisticrecords.net

On the whole, an excellent buy, especially for fans of The Walkmen or JFE looking for more. Others will enjoy, too.

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