catalogue

HUNX AND HIS PUNX

TOO YOUNG TO BE IN LOVE (HARDLY ART)

HUNX AND HIS PUNX - TOO YOUNG TO BE IN LOVE 48459
format:
1 CD
release:
01.04.2011
label:
HARDLY ART
item ID:
48459
barcode:
0098787303421
"Deliciously trashy homoerotic pop." --Pitchfork // "Bogart is a vivid, alluring frontman with one thing on his mind." -The New York Times "Too Young To Be In Love" is the first fully-realized HUNX & HIS PUNX album, and the group's first for Hardly Art.

It was recorded in New York City by Ivan Julian-one of the founding members of inimitable NYC punk legends Richard Hell and the Voidoids.

This record was made in the same studio that one of Hunx's idols, Ronnie Spector, once recorded in.

While it is preceded by the "Gay Singles" LP (True Panther Sounds/Matador Records, 2009), a collection of hard-to-find and out-of-print 7" singles, "Too Young To Be In Love" is the first proper studio record from HUNX & HIS PUNX.

"Too Young To Be In Love" also marks the first time the group has ever been comprised entirely by "punkettes"-another name for the all girl band that band leader Seth Bogart (aka Hunx) always dreamed of Shannon Shaw (of Shannon and the Clams) plays bass, and wrote three of the album's songs.

Her powerful voice on "Lovers Lane" and "The Curse of Being Young" crackles and breaks with a raw ferocity that perfectly compliments Hunx's swoon-worthy nasal croon.

This album also represents a distinct reversal of roles-the all-girl quartet (Shaw, plus guitarist Michelle Santamaria, drummer Erin Emslie, and Amy Blaustein on guitar/organ) bring the fire.

while Hunx brings the softness-the sweet, oh so sweet, sugar. All of the ladies sing on this album, and their voices combine to create some modern Wall of Sound magic.

HUNX & HIS PUNX might be the first ever "girl group" fronted by a flamboyant gay male whose dream in life is to sound like a girl.

They have created a unique new sound they refer to as "Young Oldies," a mixture of 50s teenage rock ' roll, 60s girl groups and bubblegum pop.
 
  • Tracklisting
  • 1.1. LOVERS LANE
  • 1.2. HE'S COMING BACK
  • 1.3. KEEP AWAY FROM JOHNNY
  • 1.4. THE CURSE OF BEING YOUNG
  • 1.5. TOO YOUNG TO BE IN LOVE
  • 1.6. IF YOU'RE NOT HERE (I DON'T KNOW WHERE YOU ARE)
  • 1.7. BAD BOY
  • 1.8. TONITE TONITE
  • 1.9. CAN WE GET TOGETHER?
  • 1.10. BLOW ME AWAY