***Following a cassette on Burger Records and a 7-inch on Volar, Something to Cry About is the debut LP by San Diego kinda-punk/kinda-pretty quartet TEENAGE BURRITOS, a co-release between Burger and Volar (whose Craig Oliver was in CHRISTMAS ISLAND with Burritos guitarist BRIAN CARVER and drummer LUCY WEHRLY). Singer/bassist KRISTEN GUNDREL and guitarist KEVIN GIST round out the band, one that leans in to noisey punk like the lead-off track "Flytrap" and the Black Flag cover "Paralyzed," to more melodic fare like "Inflamed Heart" or their cover of Arthur Alexander's "Anna," to some darker impulses like the post-punk of "Kamikaze" (featuring PALL JENKINS of THREE MILE PILOT and BLACK HEART PROCESSION).
LP $16.35
04/27/2018