The Young and Wild Ones

self-titled

(KEiL Records)

Available from KEiL's online store. A 444-copy edition of this compilation includes colored vinyl in a gatefold cover, bonus CD, two booklets, poster, patch, artist card, and stickers.

Some of the music was written and performed by the assembled as youths. (They've since moved on to various other musical pursuits, examples of which are also included here.) A hearty mix of rockabilly and psychobilly, with slap bass rightly to the fore. Variegated perspectives on genres revered, dealt with manifest fervor. Passion is palpable.

"[T]he new blood that the scene is supposedly completely lacking," observed label owner Tom Keil, in a press release. 

Recommended: "We Are Rockers" (Rango), "Undead" (Jerry), "Stranger In the House" (Marv), "Hot Rod Man" (Jerry), "Treasure" (Jones), "Metro" (Rango), "666cc Machine" (Paddy), "I'm Coming Home" (Dukes of Tijuna, Paddy), "The Beast (Rockin' Batz, Jerry), "Who Knew" (Marv w/Rene de la Muerte)

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