Busy Signals

The Busy Signals | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 16, 2007)
• Original Release Date: 2007
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Dirtnap Records
• ASIN: B000VS6QU4
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #355,432 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Great punk, power-pop album done the right way, December 9, 2007

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Oliver Sheppard (US) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Busy Signals (Audio CD)

Has anyone mentioned The Pretenders when reviewing this? Think of Chrissie Hynde singing for the Buzzcocks circa 1979. Or, at least, that's a starting point. There is a heavy pre-1981 Pretenders vibe to this, even down to the phone call sound effects at the end of the song "Ring, Ring, Ring," which brings to mind the early Pretenders song "The Phone Call."

Busy Signals' sound is burlier than The Pretenders, however, (even counting the Pretenders' earliest phase) which is good. And although this is a punk LP, it is not thrashy, or aggro, or hairy-chested tough guy stuff. It's just well-written, well-executed, hooky-as-heck late 70s, early 80s style punk rock and roll. It owes as much to the Buzzcocks and the Undertones as it does to bands like the female-fronted Penetration and maybe even a hint of super early Blondie. But, like I said, Busy Signals play punk -- not new wave. The sound on this s/t LP is beefier than 70s punk stuff by a tad -- definitely guitar-driven -- but the vocals come through crystal clear, as in power pop. "Uh Oh," the second to last track, is a complete power pop gem. Come to think of it, every track on here is a winner to some degree.

5.0 out of 5 stars !!, March 16, 2011

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Cupotea - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Busy Signals [Vinyl] (Vinyl)

Thank goodness for punk bands like these that draw from the original sound of punk.
One could never get enough of bands that are influenced by the greats (who were also influenced by greats)
listen to the Marked Men, Jay reatard, a group called The Make etc..

5.0 out of 5 stars I Need to Find a Methadone Clinic, January 24, 2011

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John Wraith "Studio Gangsta" (Rural Virginia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Busy Signals (Audio CD)

This album is pure China white heroin if you like melodic, energetic punk rock. All it takes is one taste and you're hooked. I am afraid I will lose my job and family if I keep mainlining any more of this record into my face. They supposedly named themselves after an Exploding Hearts song (RIP), and let me tell you, they do those boys proud. Really some of the best stuff I heard all of last decade. They need to put out another record, please! Time to take off this necktie and tie it around my elbow . . .