The Fleshtones - Budget Buster (2018)

Tracklist

01. Dancing All Around the World
02. I Surrender!
03. Touch and Go
04. Dominique Laboubée
05. Ama Como un Hombre
06. End of My Neighborhood
07. B-Side
08. The Band Drinks for Free
09. Everywhere Is Nowhere (feat. Mary Huff)
10. Cardboard Casanova
11. Let's Live
12. Ama Mas

Starters of the rock & roll party since 1976, the Fleshtones are the band that refuses to quit, cranking out records and booking tours for their small but mighty fan base at a pace that puts most acts to shame. Given their prolific and generous nature, it's not surprising that the group has placed more than a few tracks on singles and compilations that aren't easy to find. But the Fleshtones have come to the aid of cash-strapped completists with the release of Budget Buster, a collection that brings together 12 rare sides in one affordable package. By this time, the Fleshtones have worked out pretty much all the nooks and crannies of their formula, and if you were hoping they'd finally unveil some rare dubstep experiment or Norwegian death metal tribute on this comp, you're going to be disappointed. But while plenty of groups save the cream of their material for their albums and toss out lesser tracks for indie singles or B-sides, that's clearly not how the Fleshtones work, and Budget Buster is a top-notch set of wailing Super Rock rarities. Collectively, this set delivers as strongly as any of their recent LPs (which have found the group in excellent form), and the sequencing gives it the ebb and flow of a for-real album. Their cover of Little Richard's Dancing All Around the World is as frantic as it should be, Touch and Go is an inspired exercise in wah-wah madness, End of My Neighborhood is a hard-charging screed against gentrification, Everywhere Is Nowhere includes a fine guest vocal from Mary Huff of Southern Culture on the Skids, and The Band Drinks for Free testifies that a great party and a great gig are still the goals of an evening with the Fleshtones. And if you've been wanting more Spanish-language Ten Years After covers in your life, Budget Buster features not one but two versions of Ama Como un Hombre that groove pleasingly. Budget Buster delivers conclusive proof that the Fleshtones make Quality Control their top priority, and even the pickiest garage rock maven will flip a wig over this.

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