Labels: Asian Man Records
Review by: MH
Another one that has sat in the digital pile for a while – since October, in fact. Great Apes is a punk rock band from San Francisco and what grabs me about them in a world where I listen less and less to this kind of music is their emphatic delivery across each of these five tracks. The riffs hit a little harder than normal and the vocals are strained and driven. You can tell they like Jawbreaker too and there’s times I’m reminded of that Hooper record from last year – that’s another plus. Interesting, nostalgic lyrics too, detailing as they do, San Francisco’s history and buildings – see final track “Whitney’s Playland At The Beach” (“I was 19 when the Dipper was built/And 52 when they ripped it down to stilts”). Consistent band – I reviewed them a couple of times a few years ago and I think much of what I said previously can apply again here.