I CAN'T STOP LISTENING TO THE CHEEKY EP! AND IT'S COMING ON CHRISTMAS!!
Alright, I've been listening to the new Cheeky EP a lot and I'm not that good with words, so here's what a recent review in ifyoumakeit.com had to say:"Cheeky is punk. Lyrically, they pull off being both confrontational and recklessly goofy, with a vocal delivery recalling The Descendents, and guitar leads ala "Sorry Ma"-era Replacements (Eldridge has a penchant for the 'Mats). I saw them play recently at the Tompkins house, and their gang-vocals "Your shit sucks," and "Get outta here! Leave me alone!" were shouted back at them by the finger-pointers in the room. And they covered "Coffee Mug." The kids love Cheeky.
"Choke on a Cheeseburger," the band's first record, is a six-song EP of bouncy pop-punk recorded by master-thrasher Phil Douglas. Track 2, "Small Snails," describes the boys-club element of hardcore and wittily ends by going through some musical clichés of the genre – the breakdown, the fast beat, and the breakdown ending. "Grow Fins, Turkey" is the hookiest track, with a lead guitar line you don't want to end, it's so fucking catchy. "Bad Mood" closes the EP. A punchy mid-tempo ditty that is perhaps the most Descendents-esque, even quoting "Everything Sucks," and is about being just plain pissed off.
Buy "Choke on a Cheeseburger." It's three bucks, and you can get it on their MySpace page (http://www.myspace.com/cheekyli). Go see them play. Odds are, they're playing next weekend in Brooklyn, because these girls and guy play a lot."
So here's a donation link:
if you are diggin' what we're doing, please toss us some money so we can continue to grow and maybe start something new. I mean seriously, a million labels selling CDs, there's gotta be one that's giving them away, right? To download our catalog, please visit our website and if you like an artist, please donate the suggested price. Even though we all try to record these albums on our own, your donations help us to eat on tour, pay for promotion and hopefully one day, allow us to do some cool stuff that "real" bands with "labels" do - like recording and packaging records. Fuck, with your help, maybe we can even change this stupid stupid underground music industry from fashionista indie labels back to friendly songwriters and nerds.
Thanks a lot for stopping by. Hope you enjoy.
--Jeff
Quote Unquote Records
Stock Manager
FAQ
People have already asked me a bunch of questions about the label. It is kind of a weird thing, a tricky thing and definitely not a label that has anything set in stone other than the fact that all of our music is available for free. These are some things people have been confused about.Will you sign my band?
Sorry, but probably not. We are a very young label, and we are still grappling with trying to release music that we've been thinking about releasing for a while. The good news is that we don't own the idea of putting up music online for a suggested donation, so you could do this all yourself! That would probably even be more fun than running around trying to find some stupid label to release your music.
Fine... you "won't" sign my band. But will you "listen" to my demo?
If you bring a demo to any show that the bands on this label are playing, there's a decent chance that we'll listen to it in the van at some point. But since we're not very good at finding nice ways to say "no thanks" or even remembering to get back to people, that won't do you much good, unless you're the next Smoosh.
Why do you hate having artwork and a CD you can hold in your hand, asshole?
Hey. As a graphic designer, I LOVE having a record and I read through the booklets over and over again, and I check out who made the artwork. I have even bought CDs just because of their packaging and artwork in recent memory (anything that Steak Mtn. does is amazing.) However, while I understand the importance of a record in its tangible form, I always feel that the MOST important thing on a kick ass record is kick ass songs. Our goal at Quote Unquote Records is to release music from artists who do things on a small scale and I feel that internationally distributing this songs immediately for free is an amazing way to get some albums by artists that I think are incredibly underrated to more people. I also wishfully hope that this might inspire kids who are starting bands NOW to get a little bit less bogged down in the consumer culture that has become synonymous with our punk scene. I feel really fortunate that a lot of cool bands want to be a part of it already. In the future, I hope the donations will allow us to release some music in more tangible forms - I have been experimenting with some cheap packaging ideas involving spray paint, cardboard, stencils and glue for the Bomb the Music Industry! records - and maybe even some vinyl in the future. In fact, the Pegasuses record is already available in Athens, GA, we are just making it widely available.
So I get it, you think you're punk. Then why ask for donations?
We ask for donations because we feel that the albums up there are worth something, and donations will provide us the ability to continue to release music that we think is killer for free to everyone. The prices for donations are not high and we are appreciative of each one.
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