{"id":7993,"date":"2016-07-26T11:19:11","date_gmt":"2016-07-26T10:19:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eyeplug.net\/magazine\/?p=7993"},"modified":"2016-07-26T11:20:52","modified_gmt":"2016-07-26T10:20:52","slug":"asss-series-vol-2-jeff-monk-reviews","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eyeplug.net\/magazine\/asss-series-vol-2-jeff-monk-reviews\/","title":{"rendered":"ASSS Series (Vol 2) &#8211;  Jeff Monk Reviews"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>20 Years: Astonishing Sound Show Stories Volume 2<\/h3>\n<p><em>(Dig The Fuzz Records)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s do the big reveal right at the top. Boutique groove makers Dig The Fuzz Records have done themselves proud with their second instalment of their ASSS series, and you should get online pronto and get yourself a copy or download. It would be nice to have enough space here to detail the minutiae of each song and band here, but since we are limited we will pick some of the higher highs contained on this superb 26 tracks CD (30 tracks in the digital download). From the post-punk, psychedelic mood-pop side comes Nottingham\u2019s The Six Ten with thee swaying \u201cThe Night\u201d while U.K. mates The Barons Boys mythologize the Syd Barrett sound wonderfully on their cool \u201cBeautiful Day\u201d. Toss in the nocturnal, buzzing tones of Green Fuzz\u2019s \u201cI\u2019m Not Here On My Own\u201d and you are set for a trip outside reality if you wish. We can\u2019t forget the influence of Salford lad Mark E. Smith on top examples Clambake (\u201cEye Ball Song\u201d) and the brilliant Deano\u2019s Hose (\u201cFat White Belly\u201d). A kind of F-sharp punk rock vibe threads into fine tracks by Fight Fuck or Dance\u2019s screamadelic \u201cPakistan\u201d and bluesier grinders Clambake and \u201cFuck My Luck\u201d. Jangle pop (Bad Buildings \u201c1 to 12\u201d), chick-a-billy (Kathy Freeman\u2019s superb \u201cLet\u2019s Rock Tonight\u201d) and soundtrack-y essences (\u201cMo Tucker\u201d by Dukebox Accelerator) and surf (The Terrorsaurs \u201cAvalanche\u201d)\u2026 it\u2019s all here. Popping his Canadian guitar neck and ruddy vocals over the digital ocean expanse comes Winnipeg\u2019s own Colin Bryce as Mohair Sweets and the rocker \u201cThe Green Light\u201d which is in all honesty unlike anything else you have on this extensive sampler. In limited edition of course and track-for-track this set will lead you down new sonic paths that should keep even the hungriest searcher happy for months. Nice one! (26 tracks CD\/30 on download)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.digthefuzzrecords.com\/shop\/4590979518\/astonishing-sound-show-stories-volume-2-v-a-cd-album-out-now\/10299061\" target=\"_blank\">BUY HERE!<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>20 Years: Astonishing Sound Show Stories Volume 2 (Dig The Fuzz Records) Let\u2019s do the big reveal right at the top. Boutique groove makers Dig The Fuzz Records have done themselves proud with their second instalment of their ASSS series, and you should get online pronto and get yourself a copy or download. It would &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":38,"featured_media":7999,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[128,71,74],"tags":[1321,1319,1116],"series":[],"class_list":["post-7993","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hot-plugs","category-music","category-reviews","tag-astonishing-sound-show-stories-volume-2","tag-dig-the-fuzz-records","tag-jeff-monk"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eyeplug.net\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7993","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eyeplug.net\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eyeplug.net\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eyeplug.net\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/38"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eyeplug.net\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7993"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.eyeplug.net\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7993\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8012,"href":"https:\/\/www.eyeplug.net\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7993\/revisions\/8012"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eyeplug.net\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7999"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eyeplug.net\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7993"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eyeplug.net\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7993"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eyeplug.net\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7993"},{"taxonomy":"series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eyeplug.net\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/series?post=7993"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}