DELINQUENTS S/T '81 LP Scarce Mint- + lyric Texas new wave punk HEAR B-52'S kbd

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DELINQUENTS THE DELINQUENTS LP
Category / Style / Moods: Rock New Wave

  / 31.77 S
DELINQUENTS THE DELINQUENTS
1981 LIVE WIRE AUSTIN, TEXAS (REGIONAL, PRIVATE) LP

Extra clean Texas wave getting hard to find, complete with lyric insert

CONDITION
VINYL: Near Mint
COVER: EX

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TRACKS: 

1. 

Alien Beach Party

Curley, Fuertsch, Pogue

4:08

2. 

All Talk and No Action!

Curley

1:28

3. 

Sticky Situation

Fuertsch

1:39

4. 

Beach Balls in Hell

Curley

2:06

5. 

It's Just Not the Same

Curley, Fuertsch

2:07

6. 

Pain Like Bulletts

Curley, Pogue

2:58

7. 

The Wince!

Fuertsch, Pogue

1:43

8. 

You Just Sit There

Curley, Fuertsch

1:51

9. 

Rain in the Sky

Fuertsch

2:54

10. 

Food Free Food

Curley, Pogue

2:31

11. 

Vertical Lines

Fuertsch

2:51

12. 

Tell Me

Bickham, Curley

2:26

 DELINQUENTS S/T '81 LP Scarce Mint- + lyric Texas new wave punk HEAR B-52'S kbd Rock Punk/New Wave 1st Edition 33 RPM United States 

Review by Joe Viglione Live Wire Records number two is the Texas-based Delinquents in 1981 without the collaboration of late rock critic Lester Bangs, who released Jook Savages on the Brazos this same year, a collection of 11 tunes Bangs co-wrote with the band on Live Wire number three. The dozen tunes on their self-titled project owe much to the B-52's; indeed, they could be a B-52's clone band. They give thanks to Roky Erickson and Joe "King" Carrasco, but the leanings are new wave, not roots rock. "Alien Beach Party" is indicative of the entire album, short bursts of trendy sounds found in the early '80s. Becky Bickham sings and plays guitar, as does Andy Fuertsch, and on "Pain Like Bullets" she certainly sounds like she's having fun. Cool name and cool Cramps vamping on "The Wince," which opens side two, with Bickham picking up right where she left off on side one, posing edgy vocals delivering deadpan lines like, "Your best friend is a narc!" Yes, Mindy Curley's keyboards give everything a nice early-punk vibe, but on tunes like "You Just Sit There," they are the B-52's' incarnate. A fun record despite the derivation being at such a high level. China West, a musician who worked briefly with late producer Jimmy Miller, was a latter-day member of this group and may have added a bit of a twist with his eccentricities.

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