The Hex Dispensers – Doomsday Romantic

some weeks ago a friend of mine stuffed my ears with the new hex dispensers songs. not quite without selfish motifs since he works for the record company releasing the new album in europe and he running a little record business out of his living room.
but this made getting the record just harder because of course i don’t want the european license thing. the american version is on douchemaster records. a label that released so many good garage punk records lately. i got quite a collection of their stuff now and therefore won’t fall for less than the genuine thing. and to not having to compete with each other the releases will not leave their places of origin. that means all the american versions my favourite record store tried to get got cancelled from shipping to europe. so i’ll try to order the record from douchemaster directly. that will allow me to order some of their other records i don’t have yet.
but it is funny how companies don’t realize that there are people out there who actually care about the little difference of an original and a licence pressing. and unfortunately for those companies some of these people care in the special way of having to buy both versions. i’m like this with some bands. or some labels. there are quite a few records i have more than one copy of because they are different pressings. mostly also accompanied by different covers and mixes. at least different covers.

one might wonder what’s so special about the hex dispensers for all the effort. nothing. yes, they write great, catchy punk tunes. sometimes a little ramones, sometimes more misfits. both not the worst choice. but a lot of other bands did the same. it is just that they ARE catchy. really catchy. and fun. and everything you need. and like i said, it is not so much about the band but more about the label. check out the stolen hearts, wax museum, baby shakes, barreracudas, gg king and so on.

and while you’re at it: the vivian girls have a new record ready. great powerpop with a little garage edge. perfect summer album. so is the summer cats album “songs for tuesdays”. don’t get fooled by the title, those songs are good every day.



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