Philadelphia Collins – Derp Swervin' (Exploding in Sound)

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I was going to make some stupid comment about how the cover for the album was probably dug out of one of the members families old family photos, but apparently this photo was found at the Sex Dungeon recording studio…so there ya have it. With that out of the way, this is the debut EP from, which is a collaborative effort between Theo Hartlett () and Devin McKnight (). Those two handle pretty much all of the instrumental duties, while they are joined by different vocalists on the majority of the five tracks that make up. The names involved are Sam Rosenberg (), Jenny Tuite (), Abe Kimball (), Ellen Kempner () and Theo Hartlett handles vocals on the one lone track that doesn’t feature a guest appearance. Seeing as how there are so many different names involved in this, it’s not really surprising that each track differs fairly from one to the other, with the opener “Dogsbody” sounding like a combination of something out of thecatalog. The track “Ted Rock”, which Hartlett takes vocal duties on, comes off like a toned downcut, as it features that thick distorted melody presence, but is calmed to some degree and less boomy. Things get amped back up a bit with “Sapphire”, where the guitars get big/sweeping and tackle some space-rock territory with a touch of tone that would likely appeal tofans. While certainly not a fluid set of songs, each track has a feel/grasp for the idea at hand for the moment and most are pulled off successfully. In the end, it’s probably safe to say that those who have enjoyed pretty much any of the bands in which the members involved in this project play in will enjoy this quick five song set of varying rock.

Philadelphia Collins - Dogsbody (stream)

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