Plasticland - 'Spree'
"The first new Plasticland album in many years, Spree, was recorded in 2006 and 2013, with the earlier session featuring Frankovic and original drummer Victor Demichei and the latter with Andy Kaiser on bass and Mike Koch on drums. The music departs from Plasticland’s ground-setting ‘80s recordings, following the direction they likely would have pursued—had they not gone dormant in the ‘90s—toward the Detroit proto-metal of the MC5 and the Stooges. Spree remains psychedelic, via Rehse’s dreamy vocal melody lines and lyrics, but musically, the flower garden has receded in favor of thorny hard rock. The assault is relentless on most tracks, with Rehse sharing guitar with Leroy Buth in fluid, dynamic interchanges. Buth led one of Milwaukee’s original punk rock bands, The Lubricants, and retains the punk energy but harnessed to Robin Trower proficiency." - The Shepherd Express
"The first new Plasticland album in many years, Spree, was recorded in 2006 and 2013, with the earlier session featuring Frankovic and original drummer Victor Demichei and the latter with Andy Kaiser on bass and Mike Koch on drums. The music departs from Plasticland’s ground-setting ‘80s recordings, following the direction they likely would have pursued—had they not gone dormant in the ‘90s—toward the Detroit proto-metal of the MC5 and the Stooges. Spree remains psychedelic, via Rehse’s dreamy vocal melody lines and lyrics, but musically, the flower garden has receded in favor of thorny hard rock. The assault is relentless on most tracks, with Rehse sharing guitar with Leroy Buth in fluid, dynamic interchanges. Buth led one of Milwaukee’s original punk rock bands, The Lubricants, and retains the punk energy but harnessed to Robin Trower proficiency." - The Shepherd Express
"The first new Plasticland album in many years, Spree, was recorded in 2006 and 2013, with the earlier session featuring Frankovic and original drummer Victor Demichei and the latter with Andy Kaiser on bass and Mike Koch on drums. The music departs from Plasticland’s ground-setting ‘80s recordings, following the direction they likely would have pursued—had they not gone dormant in the ‘90s—toward the Detroit proto-metal of the MC5 and the Stooges. Spree remains psychedelic, via Rehse’s dreamy vocal melody lines and lyrics, but musically, the flower garden has receded in favor of thorny hard rock. The assault is relentless on most tracks, with Rehse sharing guitar with Leroy Buth in fluid, dynamic interchanges. Buth led one of Milwaukee’s original punk rock bands, The Lubricants, and retains the punk energy but harnessed to Robin Trower proficiency." - The Shepherd Express