Cobra Man - New Driveway

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Jan 30, 2019 Sold Date

Oct 26, 2018 Start Date

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Artikel Name: New Driveway
Genre: Punk Produkt Typ: LP (Vinyl) Label: Goner Records Titelanzahl: 14

Trackliste LP - 1

1. Cobra Man - Old Driveway 2. Cobra Man - Weekend Special 3. Cobra Man - Magic Hour 4. Cobra Man - Cookie’s Acrylics 5. Cobra Man - Fire 6. Cobra Man - Masters of the Universe 7. Cobra Man - Research Project 8. Cobra Man - Manramp 9. Cobra Man - Worble Jamboree 10. Cobra Man - Lazyman 11. Cobra Man - Friends of Tom 12. Cobra Man - Fistfight at the Stoplight 13. Cobra Man - Ociffer 14. Cobra Man - New Driveway

Beschreibung

A curiosity of flaky electro-punk and shimmering disco, Los Angeles duo Cobra Man initially formed at the request of skateboarding collective the Worble to soundtrack a video about a mustachioed construction worker who becomes a human skate ramp. To complete this task, Worble cohort Andy Harry enlisted his friend Sarah Rayne (of L.A. indie pop weirdos Babes) and the two emerged with the semi-instrumental action-driven synth jam "Manramp." Having now invented a project called Cobra Man, Harry and Rayne stuck around to score the collective's next venture, a full-length skate DVD called New Driveway, whose soundtrack also serves as the band's debut album for Memphis label Goner Records. Somewhat of an odd pairing, Cobra Man's blend of moody synth ambience, plaintive disco, and comic shout-punk seems like a bit of a strange bedfellow for a street-skating movie, but Cobra Man and the Worble share an unusual symbiosis. Introduced by the spoken word set-up piece "Old Driveway," New Driveway grinds and scuffs its way through the exaggerated '80s pop of "Magic Hour," the lo-fi new wave of "Occifer," and splashy Blondie-esque pop-funk of "Fire." The songs aren't particularly well-written or imbued with much nuance, but it all somehow seems to hang together and work toward its desired purpose, coming off like a warped nod to the 1986 cheeseball skate flick Thrashin'. Bringing the proceedings to a gentle closure -- presumably as the credits roll -- is the lush dream pop title track wherein Harry comfortingly intones "I see the douglas firs, I hear the winds outside, I like to skate on things, I've got a new driveway." [New Driveway was also released on LP.] ~ Timothy Monger

Timothy Monger