When Turn on the Tube began, I never thought the Submit Something section would really be much. Recently, Red Roulette politely demanded a review. Nothing weird, just a straight forward dm in the blog’s Instagram. Something like, “hey, plz review us bro.” Imagine my shock when my phone dinged an email submission that simply read:

everybody is a pouser n listenes to nirvana n coneheasds n dsnt knw wht they even tlkin abot but jst follow becas they r yuppie hipstr dink punx tht foloow trends!!!!

What? This is Bad Seed.

Attitude and spelling mistakes aside, I clicked the link to give it a listen. Honestly, I don’t know where to begin. According to the Bandcamp they sent me to, they’re Canadian egg punk. It also states that the four track EP was recorded, “in Lesley’s Trailer.” So… egg punk made by the Trailer Park Boys.

This things sounds and looks like it too. The album cover is a just badly Xeroxed Wii Sports disc with their band logo on top of it. I can just imagine a group of young dudes chain-smoking in a trash-filled trailer, eating pizza, and recording these while skipping school. This badly reminds me of my youth. The music itself, while touted as ‘egg punk’ (hence the “coneheasds” reference in their submission), is a bit too laid back for the classic, erratic style often associated with more ‘eggy’ bands. However, it does sit nicely next to another scene I really enjoy: the AUS garage-rock/punk scene, such as Rock Music Fan Club, Aborted Tortoise, or Disco Junk. Bad Seeds are what would happen if Neo Neos smoked weed.

It’s definitely got potential for something that recorded under the conditions, Xeroxed in the manner it was. If it’s egg, it’s definitely not fully hatched. Check it out for yourself below.