(LA’s) People Talk About Things LP
This on-and-off-and-on-again group features a conglomeration of incredible players who between them have put in time with ALICE BAG, SHUDDER TO THINK, REDD KROSS, JAWBOX, the SHAKES, and more. Having shelved these sessions back in 2012, tracking was finally completed on this full-length, and the results are top-notch. Organ groove and sax fills out the sound, backing catchy-as-hell, hook-laden rock’n’roll that sounds fresh and metropolitan even as it captures a sort of timeless swing. Tracks like “Obsessed Obsessive,” which is replete with a sing-along chorus, are impossible not to flail around to. It’s a joy to hear this record fully realized after nearly being lost, but this is no archivist’s niche passion project. This is vital music from the wellspring of Los Angeles’s long storied history, and it’s perfect.