Control Freaks TV Generation LP
CONTROL FREAKS return with their fourth LP, TV Generation. Twelve garage punk salvos from San Francisco, all clocking in around two minutes each, which is perfect. Greg Lowery (SUPERCHARGER, RIP OFFS, INFECTIONS, ZODIAC KILLERS) trades vocals with Amy Munoz, and the back-and-forth between them gives the record a spark that made this stand out for me. Sammy G provides exactly the right drums for these songs, never showing off, just nailing it. The sound will land immediately for anyone familiar with Lowery’s earlier bands, though maybe a notch or two down in aggression. We all mellow eventually, but don’t mistake that for going soft: about half the tunes are diss tracks aimed at bosses, ghosters, liars, lazy slobs, and people who smell bad, so clearly nobody’s gone zen. It’s not reinventing anything, but it delivers the goods. Twelve songs, zero filler, job done. Recommended.
