catalogue

JACUZZI BOYS

GLAZIN' (HARDLY ART)

JACUZZI BOYS - GLAZIN' 50325
format:
1 CD
release:
09.09.2011
label:
HARDLY ART
item ID:
50325
barcode:
0098787303728
The Jacuzzi Boys are guitarist/vocalist Gabriel Alcala, drummer Diego Monasterios, and bassist Danny Gonzalez, three dudes from South Florida, bright as neon and fun as hell.

After forming the band in 2007 and accruing a handful of 45s, the group released the LP No Seasons on Florida's Dying (located in nearby Orlando, FL) in 2009.

Now, in 2011, we have Glazin' - their second full-length, and the first for Hardly Art.

For Glazin', the group traveled to Key Club Studios in Benton Harbor, MI where they spent twelve full days recording and mixing.

The Jacuzzi Boys used this as an opportunity to dig deeper into the production of each song.

"If the first record was the Everglades, the follow-up is Dadeland Mall," says Alcala. This is also true sonically - while No Seasons was a primal wallop, Glazin' has the slight sheen of a studio environment.

Moving beyond the beauty and harshness inherent in a life spent within a single climate, Glazin' instead offers a take on the culture that surrounds that environment: girls, cruising, air conditioning, and "raspberry feelings." Crisp hand claps, tambourine shake, zip gun guitar and sneaky lazer keys are all here, alongside rolling bass lines, the sharp-snap drums of the unshakable Jacuzzi Boys' sound, and Alcala's cool, breezy vocals winding through it all.

The trio offers up 10 new tracks of outré power pop, occasionally roaming into surf territory ("Lebras and Zebras") as well as some heavy metallic glitter ("Silver Sphere").

Despite having been recorded in Michigan, nearly every track on Glazin' circles back to Miami through love ditties about crushing and glazin', big anthems dedicated to waiting on a bus, and miniature neon glam rock opuses about a death dream and erections.
 
  • Tracklisting
  • 1.1. VIZCAYA
  • 1.2. AUTOMATIC JAIL
  • 1.3. GLAZIN'
  • 1.4. COOL VAPORS
  • 1.5. LIBRAS AND ZEBRAS
  • 1.6. CRUSH
  • 1.7. SILVER SPHERE (DEATH DREAM)
  • 1.8. ZEPPELIN
  • 1.9. LOS ANGELES
  • 1.10. KOO KOO WITH YOU