Who remembers White Trash? Well, they had a big hit with a funky, horn-driven metal hybrid in 1991 called \u201cApple Pie.\u201d Since then, the members of the band have scattered. Now, minus frontman Dave Alvin and deceased guitarist Ethan Collins, the remaining members, led by bassist and frontman Aaron Collins, have started a new project. This five song sampler is a teaser, a warmup for a future full-length.<\/p>\n
From the get-go, you definitely get a Parliament-Funkadelic\/Ohio Players sort of feel on \u201cThis House Is On Fire,\u201d just with heavier guitar. There is definitely a fun party vibe, and that continues on the questionably titled \u201cGuinea Pig Slut Bitch,\u201d which has a cool ska feel to it, right down to the vocals. I definitely her similarities to Fishbone\u2019s classic \u201cLyin\u2019 Ass Bitch.\u201d<\/p>\n
Aaron, besides being a really cool bassist and a hardcore lifer with the likes of Murphy\u2019s Law, shows he is more than a capable singer, pulling off the pop stylings of \u201cGoodbye Letter\u201d admirably. The production here is really clear, no more so than on \u201cBobby\u2019s Dead.\u201d This is a song that\u2019s not that much, but the multitracked chorus vocals are really great and make the track stand out more than it would have without them.<\/p>\n
One almost wishes that the acoustic fingerpicking intro of \u201cChasing Ghosts\u201d carried the song more than its heavy middle. The atmosphere would have helped the song and could have made it the highlight of the disc; instead, that title goes to \u201cGoodbye Letter.\u201d <\/p>\n
Hopefully, with some more time to craft some great material and hone the rough edges, the full length will be even better, perhaps even eclipsing the work done by White Trash. All in all, Butterbrain EP <\/i>is an admirable and noble first effort and a chance to see the beginnings of a great and interesting career.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":91,"featured_media":33891,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"tags":[],"artist":[10422],"rating":[5615],"class_list":["post-45718","review","type-review","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","artist-butterbrain","rating-rating-b"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/45718","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/review"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/91"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45718"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/45718\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33891"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45718"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45718"},{"taxonomy":"artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist?post=45718"},{"taxonomy":"rating","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rating?post=45718"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}