Eureka California "Versus" Translucent Green LP (2016)

Details: Eureka California's fourth studio album, "Versus," released on HHBTM Records, in 2016. Item arrives opened in a clear poly sleeve. Comes with d/l code. New stock, translucent green vinyl record pressing variant.

Description: "Eureka California’s going way too fast, and if they don’t slow down they’re gonna crash. Like peak Elvis Costello, they think if they keep the wisecracks and the puns coming fast enough they can avoid facing the truth–that death comes for everyone and nothing dies faster than dreams."

"Their latest, Versus, finds the Athens, GA duo at its best, playing quirky, witty rock with loud guitars and louder drums. Comparisons to a band like Pavement are obvious, but singer Jake Ward arguably sounds better. You can even hear someone like Jonathan Richman in a song like “Sign You Name With an X” or “Caffeine.”

The 11 tracks here are bursting with neurotic energy and self-doubt, which can be both cringe-worthy at times and easily relatable. Though distortion runs wild throughout the record, the band is just as powerful on the softer tracks, like “Everybody Had a Hard Year.”

Though 2014’s Crunch, as well as their debut Big Cats Can Swim, were both great records, Versus finds the band at its best, with one satisfying song after the next."--John B. Moore, New Noise Magazine

Grade: M (new stock)

TRACK LISTING SIDE A:

A1. Eureka Californias Night In
A2. Sign My Name With An X
A3. Another Song About TV
A4. Sober Sister
A5. Ghosts
A6. Fear And Loathing In The Classic City

TRACK LISTING SIDE B:

B1. Cobwebs On The Wind
B2. Caffeine
B3. Realizing Your Actuality
B4. Everybody Had A Hard Year
B5. I Will Write Mine Over Potomac