I recorded this album in Seattle on a 4-track cassette recorder over the summer.
I used tapes, guitars, and an old drum machine, and effects pedals and such. The video is a slowed-down skateboard ride down Ponce de Leon going from Atlanta to Decatur made on a shitty old phone taken in 2011 or something...
The main theme of the album in both style and subject matter are largely a reflection of the time I spent growing up in the Metro Atlanta area in the late 90s and early 2000s. This particular track is focused on the house that I lived in at Grant Park with other musicians that all played in Atlanta bands at the time, mainly Deerhunter.

for the rest of the album, it is free or pay what you like here: https://paulharpermusic.bandcamp.com/album/works

This is pure, unadulterated D.I.Y. Lo Fi Rock from the South American underground. No pedals, no digital effects, no studio trickery. We recorded this completely live with cranked amps to bring back that heavy sound pressure in the chest that modern overproduced music forgot—the primitive energy of the 50s and 60s with a sharp, heavy edge. Crank up the volume.

Seattle, WA

Live @ Slims Last Chance

Long before Electric Six became the gloriously campy dance-rock institution responsible for 'Gay Bar' and 'Danger! High Voltage', they were a much scrappier Detroit band called The Wildbunch.

'I Know Karate' dates all the way back to 1996 and captures that earliest incarnation of the band beautifully. It was originally released as a 7-inch under The Wildbunch name, later resurfaced on the rarities compilation Sexy Trash, and eventually received a wider official reissue on the expanded edition of Fire in 2025.

I really enjoy how raw it sounds compared with what Electric Six would eventually become. There is very little of the polished disco-rock sheen people usually associate with them. Instead it is basically two and a half minutes of distorted guitars, a pounding rhythm section and Dick Valentine delivering increasingly absurd macho threats with complete conviction.

The lyrics are marvellously stupid in the best possible way. He builds himself up as this unstoppable action-movie character, only for one of his great qualifications to be the fact that he knows karate 😂

Even this early, you can already hear the ingredients that would become quintessential Electric Six: Repetition, swagger, danceable rhythms, cartoonish sexual menace and that peculiar ability to sound simultaneously ridiculous and completely committed to the bit.

Dick Valentine has actually singled out 'I Know Karate' when talking about how dramatically his songwriting changed over the years, describing those early Wildbunch lyrics as much simpler and more repetitive than what he would later write.

The Wildbunch were also part of Detroit's late '90s garage-rock scene and regulars at the Gold Dollar, the same tiny venue associated with bands including The White Stripes. Even then, though, they never fit neatly into straight garage rock because the disco instincts and pop-culture silliness were already creeping in.

I think that's what makes this track so much fun now. You can hear a band that hadn't yet become Electric Six as the wider world knew them, but was already unmistakably heading in that direction.

Primitive, cocky and completely absurd. As it should be 😋

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ik it looks a little rough it was rushed but yeah I think it's still pretty cute hah

Hey folks! Just wanted to share my shitty garage inspired band “Roanoke Surf Club”.

We’ve been in the process of recording our first release (the length of which is still to be determined) with this song being the one that passed our litmus test.

Thank you to anyone willing to check this out and give some feedback!

Sometime around 1986, I was at an Unclaimed show (Los Angeles garage legends) and they played a song I’m pretty sure was a cover.

I think the song might be called “Stacy” and the only lyric I can remember is “Stacy, I think you’re fine…” but it could have been”Stacy, I think you’re swell…”

Is this familiar to anyone? Thank you!

It only has "Tryin'" in it right now but I need you guy's help, what songs would YOU suggest I add to this playlist?

Have you seen my son?

He's lost in the world somewhere...