The Freakees put out a split with fellow LA weirdos, Launcher, yesterday on bandcamp. London’s No Front Teeth Records are slated to release the 7″ vinyl. If you haven’t heard of this label before, their slogan is “The Finest in Poor Quality Punk Rock,” and that should really inform you about what to expect from this piece of music.

This 4 song split is sloppy, weirdo, rock’n’roll at its sloppiest. If this is your first time hearing about Launcher, like me, you’ll be pleasantly surprised to feel like you’re at some 80’s hardcore show supplanted in a midwest egg punk scene. You know that song by The Freeze, ‘It’s Only Alcohol?’ Launcher heard this song and said, “let’s make a band like this, but with an angry, nasal singer.” The Freakees, on the other hand sound like a West Coast Hank Wood and the Hammerheads. The guitar and bass are all over the place. The vocals are heavily processed through a reverb of some sort. The drums are surfy as fuck. Black Lagoon is by far my new favorite song I’ve heard from The Freakees thus far.

Check it out for yourself.