Suburban Lawns -Suburban Lawns -Superior Viaduct LP Grooves.land/Playthek

Details / Tracklist:

1.1 Flying Saucer Safari

1.2 Pioneers

1.3 Not Allowed

1.4 Gossip

1.5 Intellectual Rock

1.6 Protection

1.7 Anything

1.8 Janitor

1.9 Computer Date

1.10 Mom And Dad And God

1.11 Unable

1.12 When In The World

1.13 Green Eyes

1.14 Jam The Controls

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Suburban Lawns by Suburban Lawns, released 23 July 2021, includes the following tracks: "Not Allowed", "Intellectual Rock", "Anything", "Computer Date" and more. This version of Suburban Lawns comes as a 1xLP. The vinyl is pressed as a opaque disc. -

If your brain has a shortlist of bands that instantly evoke New Wave, Suburban Lawns deserve a slot right next to the likes of Devo, Talking Heads and the B-52's. After putting out two singles on their own Suburban Industrial imprint, the Lawns signed to I.R.S. Records and released their debut LP in 1981. While the band gained cult status thanks in part to a Jonathan Demme-produced music video which aired on Saturday Night Live, their self-titled album would sadly be the five-piece's only full-length statement.Suburban Lawns' asymmetrical aesthetic is personified by co-vocalist Su Tissue, whose mesmerizing stage persona was at once childlike and terrifying. Her unique style embodies the awkward/arty female singer of the Reagan era, while the group's male vocals-courtesy of Frankie Ennui, Vex Billingsgate and John McBurney-maintain the satirical themes of Southern California's postwar mirage of limitless sprawl.Suburban Lawns' catchiness can be attributed to their drum-tight performance and taut songwriting. Listen to the vocal trade-offs on "Anything," which could have easily come out on any purely Punk label from LA at the time, while Tissue's deadpan delivery on "Janitor" glides into the best art-warble this side of Lene Lovich, broaching the possibility of nuclear annihilation with a murmured "Boom, Boom, Boom, Boom."From a West Coast scene dominated by 7-inch singles and EPs, the Suburban Lawns' lone LP remains in a class with precious few. It's not surprising that they found acceptance in the Hollywood punk scene, despite their Long Beach roots, and would influence other bands such as Minutemen. This is not a disc that will get parked in your collection hoping to get pulled once in a while; this is a record you will play.

Jacket loads from the top instead of right side (spine is on bottom). While the color side is considered the front cover, the Charles Wharton photography credit implies that the side of the jacket with the black and white photo of the band is the front cover. Runouts are etched except for "GOLDEN" stamp.

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SV179

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