Sunday, February 16, 2014

The Mullens - Isabel



Artist: The Mullens
Title: Isabel
Year: 1996
Label: Panic Records
Tracks: 1.) Isabel, 2.) Red Ring, 3.) Somethin' For Yourself, 4.) How Many More Years? 

While Austin, Texas has been producing obnoxious rock music for as long as obnoxious rock music has existed, Dallas has largely stayed out of the fray. The Mullens are an outlier and have been releasing a nice mix of straight up Ramonesy punk like the title track to bluesy garage rock like "How Many More Years?" (not the Howlin' Wolf song) for a long time. This was their first vinyl output, which for some reason took an Italian label to release it. The Mullens have gone on to do a couple LPs for Get Hip Recordings and a few singles on other labels. I think they still play out every once in a while. Guitarist Matt Mayo has been in a lot of other bands, too. 

Sample: here

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