What can you make of a band that that names itself Damage Pants and is billed as the sweatiest band in Austin, TX? As you probably guessed it’s not a band that takes itself too seriously. The group started as a lark, just a couple of dudes having fun, but it has now been together for over three years.
Damage Pants
features Robert Davis on drums and Kyle Smith alternating on
guitar/bass with both guys contributing vocals. They
released their self titled debut on vinyl via Bombay Cove
Records and I’m here to tell you it’s loud, thrashing,
distortion-filled and downright awesome. The songs can be
described as garage punk, noise rock, and probably half a
dozen other of the heavier genres. Listening to it you
notice similarities to bands like Death from Above 1979, The
Jesus Lizard, Japandroids, and Shellac. I love the
aggressive rhythms employed by all those bands so it’s no
wonder I’m championing Damage Pants.
There are
only a half-dozen or so videos of Damage Pants out there but
watch one and you can’t deny the moxie of their live
performances. They turn the amps to eleven and it’s go time!
They disprove any notion that a duo can’t rock a crowd as
hard as any full size band. This amped up, noisy, and
pounding rhythm rock isn’t for everyone…but in my opinion,
it should be.
- Dan Corbin -
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