First 200 on yellow vinyl (black vinyl also available), and are mailorder ONLY!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
” As far as I’m concerned, all and sundry can pencil in Stef as the Impending Punk Rock Van Morrison\u201d
Rev. Norb, Razorcake<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cFav new band STEF & the SLEEVEENS… LOVE THIS MYSTERIOUS BAND!\u201d
Quintron<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cMurphy sings with tremendous passion and conviction while The Sleeveens rock out like there’s no tomorrow… You can\u2019t ask for a better debut record than this.\u201d
Faster and Louder<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When Irish-born Count Vaseline\/The Mighty Stef songwriter Stef Murphy met Stiff Little Fingers guitar tech Jamie Mechan in Nashville, Tennessee, it began a musical partnership of the highest order. After cranking out a few tunes at Mechan\u2019s fledgling studio, 302 Sound, the duo started recruiting other musicians. The band was rounded out by drummer Ryan Sweeney (Cheap Time) and Eli Steele (Sweet Knives.) Dubbing themselves The Sleeveens, an Irish term for a trixter, the band got to work. After recording and releasing their highly-touted \u201cGive My Regards To The Dancing Girls\u201d 45rpm single on Sweeney\u2019s Sweet Time Records, they finished off their 11 track debut LP. The quartet were soon approached by longrunning punk label Dirtnap Records for the album\u2019s 2024 release.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The resulting LP is an homage to the kind of classic punk Chiswick, New Rose and Stiff Records were releasing 45 years before The Sleeveens existed. With earworm melodies and screaming guitars, the foursome have crafted one of the best albums of the year. Murphy\u2019s penchant for charmingly brilliant, matter-of-fact lyricism has a similar poetic quality as Mark E. Smith or Jonathan Richman. With expert mastering by Jim Diamond (The White Stripes, The Dirtbombs) to put the finishing touches on the sound, The Sleeveens is a record that is simultaneously uncompromisingly raw and thoughtfully crafted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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