I picked this up over the summer after hearing some clips on The Barbaras' MySpace page. These guys are from the garage scene in Tennessee and two of them were in Jay Reatard's band.Once you get past the cheesy sleeve and listen to the music you'll find some catchy pop tunes that sound like they were recorded with a tape player. The fuzzy guitar and vocals on Summertime Road make you smile and wish it were a breezy summer day so you could lie by the creek and forget about everything. The two tracks on the b-side have cleaner production but still sound great. I especially like Flow.
Summertime Road is The Barbara's first and so far only release. As far as I know they are still together. I hope to hear more soon, and if I do you will hear about it here.
Individual tracks
Summertime Road
Day at the Shrine
Flow
or download the whole 7"
Buy it at Insound (use the coupon code "insound_rocks_07" to get 10% off. Yay!)
Extra: Five live recordings from Gonerfest (with Jay Reatard on drums!)
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