Phone Jerks - Out Of The Gate

  Damn, Moncton's finest budget rockers (https://www.facebook.com/Monctongaragepunk/) Phone Jerks aren't hanging around. It only seems like 5 minutes since I featured a song from their excellent 10x10 10" but already they're back with a killer new ep. It's titled Out Of The Gate and it boasts 5 original blasts of trashy garage goodness plus a couple of mega cool covers (of classic songs originally recorded by Protex and Penetrators). The ep is available via Resurrection records (Spokane) and Wanda Records (Germany) on 7" vinyl (without the Penetrators cover) and digital download... https://resurrectionrecords.bandcamp.com/album/out-the-gate

  We're blessed currently with some totally awesome garage punk bands releasing music. Off the top of my head I'll name The Cavemen, Gino And The Goons and Control Freaks as my favourites but Phone Jerks are up there with them. Snappy choons with heavily distorted vocals that'll have you straining to decipher the lyrics but as frontman Tyler says; "it's why I loved Teengenerate so much; listening to them reminded me of when I first heard the Ramones and had no idea what they were saying but it didn't matter (all that mattered was the "sound")."

  Just in case you're struggling to work out what the title track is about, I'll give you some help. It's a song drummer Emily wrote from the point of view of her and hubby Tyler's greyhound. This is Out Of The Gate...

Phone Jerks - Three Jobs

   I was surprised, when I checked, that I've not featured anything by Phone Jerks on here before especially as it was over 2 years ago that I played their song Bomb At The Causeway (from the Goodbye Boozy released .​.​.​Can't Stand the Maritimes ep) on the show. I also played at least one song from their excellent 2018 self titled album but again let them slip through the cracks as far as the blog is concerned. Happily there'll be no such oversight this time around...

  Proclaiming proudly that they're adults playing 3 chords slightly out of tune and charging $5 at the door for it, Phone Jerks are a budget rock party band that formed in 2014 as a Supercharger cover band. They're from Moncton, New Brunswick and they're preparing to release a new album titled 10x10. It'll drop on October 18th via Alien Snatch! records and you can pre order the limited edition (250 copies) 10" vinyl + digital album here :  https://aliensnatch.bandcamp.com/album/phone-jerks-10x10

  For more info go here : https://www.facebook.com/Monctongaragepunk/

  This is the opening track, it's a gloriously trashy blast of primitive garage fun. A must listen for anyone who enjoyed the recent Control Freaks album, it's about having an overworked girl that you don't get to see enough of and it's called Three Jobs...