Rips - s/t
Brooklyn based Rips have quickly built a reputation amongst NYC showgoers, winning them over with their virtuous melodies and sheer ferocity amidst an endless flurry of shows. Their songs may channel late '70s New York City bands like Television and The Feelies, but Rips propels these references into something new. Their self-titled debut, produced by Austin Brown of Parquet Courts, is eleven tracks of buzzing guitar riffs driven by a charged rhythm section, all set under lyrics that are actually worth a damn.
Rips (the record) takes cues from the moonlighting era of rock, while delivering a set of songs distinctly fit for the modern age. Once described as a “hyperreal rock n’ roll group”, the phrase “borne forward ceaselessly into the future" is more what they’re going for here.
So break an old habit. Let your hair down (or up). Rips will take you there.
credits
released June 16, 2017
Produced and Mixed by Austin Brown.
Engineered by Mike Kutchman at Kutch-1 Studio.
Mastered by Mikey Young.
Drums on tracks 1, 2, 7, 8, 9, and 11 played by Ryan Naideau.
Special thanks to Austin, Mike, Ben, and Edan.
Album art and layout by Daniel Abary.
Inner sleeve photo taken by Ben Trogdon.
Additional design by Daniel Reeves.