The Gamits Endorsed by You LP reissue
I have a group of pals, and once a year we meet somewhere for five days and we make an album of songs. In May 2010, we went to a Denver, CO recording studio and two things happened: I have never written a better song than I did on that trip (the song is called “God Killed My Grandma”), and secondly, the guy that was recording us said he was in a band called GAMBITS that I might enjoy. I went home to look for the GAMBITS and I never found anything about the band or even a band with that name, so after spending something like eleven hours a week on the internet for nearly fifteen years searching for the GAMBITS, I gave up and I stopped looking. Until today! As I was doing research on the band the GAMITS, I realized that fifteen years ago, I heard a “B” in the name of the guy’s band (and there is no “B”)! I’ve been chasing a shadow, and now I get to check out his band as though it was May 2010, only ten years after it originally came out rather than twenty-five years after it was initially released. From the first track “15 Minutes,” this record sets a high-energy pace with tight, heavy guitars while still leaving room for the bass and drums to come through very nicely. This could easily fit in with the ERGS, DOC HOPPER, HOUSE BOAT, DIRT BIKE ANNIE, the HUNTINGTONS, and folks of that ilk. The lyrics are smart, clever, and biting from time to time. If any of the above bands I mentioned tickle you, then you shouldn’t sleep on this twenty-five year anniversary edition. I am over the moon that I can finally bring this GAMITS ship to port. The fifteen-year search is over. Full circle, brother. Full circle.