They Mean Us

The Ladies

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 20, 2006)
• Original Release Date: February 21, 2006
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Temporary Residence
• ASIN: B000E115AY
• In-Print Editions: Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #217,479 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Product Description
The West coast's most versatile indie rock everyman and the world's most left-of-everything drummer have joined forces to unite the disparate worlds of noise and pop on this stunningly addictive and efficient record. Rob Crow: co-creator of San Diego's sentimental pop superstars Pinback; leader of absurdist metal outfit Goblin Cock; former leader of Thingy and Heavy Vegetable; former member of Physics; accomplished solo performer. Zach Hill: one-half of the outlandish noise duo Hella; member of Deftones side-project Team Sleep; drummer for post-Marilyn Manson/A Perfect Circle stoner-rock combo Goon Moon; one third of the total sensory-overload that was Nervous Cop. "They Mean Us" is one of the strongest and unique pop records of the last several years. More adventurous than Pinback and more accessible than Hella, The Ladies prove to be the best of both worlds.

Customer Reviews

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars daddy take your longhead off and stick it to the bedpost lamp overnight, April 9, 2006

By	K. D. Kelly "try strangulation" (sf, ca) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

If I say the words, "Mike Patton," and you go, "Oh, he used to be OK before he got all weird," this band is not for you. Click the "back" key and prosper elsewhere. That's not to say The Ladies are a noise band (though they have noise sensibilities); like Patton and co., this duo play music like they're rock climbing: tense, fully exerted and searching for (and finding) footholds. The Ladies remind me of those midwest psych-garage bands from the '80s on labels like Homestead and Touch and Go -- think Daddy Longhead or "Zen Arcade"-era Husker Du. But then the drummer sounds like he's listening to Slayer on headphones while he plays. And some of the songs are almost sickly sweet, like some alt-folk singer got lost and showed up for the taping, particularly evident on the obviously tongue-in-cheek "Non-Threatening." It's like that first album by Fear Factory: it was death metal meets sappy ballad interrupter and it used to drive me crazy. But here it works for the most part. "They Mean Us" is out to get you, and it grabs hold of your ears and leaves bruises.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great mathy indie rock with a post-punk feel, great stuff, February 7, 2006

By	Jim S. (NY, NY USA) - See all my reviews

I heard the advance of this and it is great, or at least most of it is (see below). Rob Crow and Zach Hill are incredible together and apart. The descriptions says: "More adventurous than Pinback, and more accessible than Hella, The Ladies prove to be the best of both worlds." This is definitely on the mark - I love Pinback, but sometimes it can be a bit slow or plodding, and I am not a big fan of Hella, but the drumming is impressive - combine them and throw in some "rock" and you get some good stuff. I actually liked this better than what either of them has put out recently. It reminded me (at various parts of the album and to varying degrees) of Pinback (obv.), Hella (duh!), Don Cab, Faraquet/Medications, Slint, Built to Spill.

4.0 out of 5 stars another underated gem, June 3, 2009

By	Gregory J. Nelson "gnel38" (Austin, Texas United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I originally bought this cd because I wanted more of what I already heard from the Team Sleep album. Zach Hill and Rob Crow match up perfectly with each other here as they did with team sleep. To my knowledge the only other times they've worked together is on the Holy Smokes cds, and those definitely aren't for everybody. Aside from the Pinback stuff, this cd is my favorite Rob Crow album for sure. Compared to what he's capable of, Zach takes it easy on this release for the most part, even though the beats are still amazingly innovate and unique as usual, and it fits well.