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The Ugly Beats are back on wax with their third and strongest record yet,
MOTOR! Continuing in the vein of the excellent records Bring on the Beats
and Take a Stand, MOTOR! finds the band full throttle with songs that get
better after each listen. Whether it's jangly guitars, soaring harmonies or
a one-two punch you crave, this record will have you gunning your gas pedal
from the first track to the last.
Recorded at Joe's house using master engineer Bob Widenhofer's 16-track 1/2"
tape deck this time around, the move from 8-track to 16-track allowed the
band to stretch out with harmonies and instrumentation that create even more
depth than before, and it really shows on tracks like the speaker stinging
buzz of Bee Line, the Brummels-esque All Comes Back, the deceptively dark
Funny Girl and the otherworldly World Has a Ways to Go. (Harm's Way was
recorded at legendary rockabilly/blues studio Fort Horton Studios to nail
the vintage Bobby Fuller vibe the song called for.) All in all, you get
twelve foot stompers including the air guitar-worthy instrumental title
track and a jem of a Neil Diamond cover. An instant classic from one of the
best garage bands of this era or any other. Motor! That's the driving sound that defines the Ugly Beats. Don't stand
still. Move! Motor! Git! That's how they do it in Austin, Texas. Cuz it won't do a bit of good to sit on your haunches. Make action happen (it ain't gonna happen by itself, that's for sure). Anyway, the Ugly Beats know how to do it. Umm, motor, that is. They open the throttle from the first beat and don't stop until the reverb
fades from the last groove. And they take their brand of motorin' from
Austin to San Antonio to Corpus Christi to Tulsa & on to Lisbon, Rome, Madrid
and Paris (why let an ocean get in the way when you're motorin'?). Its
little wonder why the kids cant get enough of the BEATS!