Dinos Boys, “Last Ones” LP

cover - dinos boysThe latest from Brooklyn’s Oops Baby Records is a full-length LP from Atlanta’s Dinos Boys, entitled Last Ones. It’s a split release with Atlanta’s Die Slaughterhaus Records, and if you’re familiar with both labels, then you’ve already got a pretty good idea of what this 12-inch sounds like.

Unsurprisingly, it’s upbeat, lo-fi, and jangly-as-fuck garage rock. It managesw to avoid being standard issue by throwing in some great tempo changes midway through the majority of their numbers — the stop-start moments of “Hoovertown,” as well as what might the only micro-breakdown ever, make this recording a lot more interesting to spin over and over again.

Upon first listen, I was afraid this was going to be a fun one-time listen, but there’s enough here to keep it returning to your ears. It seemed like this was going to be a knock-off of any number of acts (the Spits, Personal and the Pizzas, Carbonas, et al), but Dinos Boys have enough going for them to make this a fun repeat listen.

The guitar solo on “Marie Laveau” (a song about the “voodoo queen”) is enough to make you want to play that mile-a-minute cut over and over in and of itself. However, the chugging “She’s Outdated” ends the album on such a perfect note — it’s kind of like an “epics in minutes” version of Cheap Trick’s “Auf Wiedersehen” the way it stomps and builds to a finale.

Yes, the highest compliment I can pay a band is to compare them to Cheap Trick. Deal with it. We all have our go-tos.

Dinos Boys’ Last Ones came out yesterday via Oops Baby and Die Slaughterhaus, and can be had from the Oops Baby store. Additionally, Dinos Boys are playing a bunch of SXSW dates this week, and you can find all of those right here.