Here's a couple reviews of the LP:
TV FREAKS-s/t (Schizophrenic, LP)
In this blog, I've already mused about Eddy Current Suppression Ring and Shitty Limits. TV Freaks could be the offspring of both bands since there's a similar vibe, only angrier. The edgy garage/punk thing and agitated as all hell. The last track, "You're Cool," confronts the listener/target with "are you lookin' at ME?" In recent months, I've once again seen Blue Velvet, Goodfellas and Taxi Driver and all three of those movies have characters stating words to that effect. I don't think these guys are about to pull a Frank Booth, Tommy DeVito or Travis Bickle on anyone but that's what crossed my mind. Hell, they even make a song about skating ("Four Wheels") sound like a threat. A brash, trebly sound with murder in its heart. And recorded in a barn. (17 W 4th Street, Hamilton, ON Canada L9C 3M2).(http://subvox.blogspot.com/)
In this blog, I've already mused about Eddy Current Suppression Ring and Shitty Limits. TV Freaks could be the offspring of both bands since there's a similar vibe, only angrier. The edgy garage/punk thing and agitated as all hell. The last track, "You're Cool," confronts the listener/target with "are you lookin' at ME?" In recent months, I've once again seen Blue Velvet, Goodfellas and Taxi Driver and all three of those movies have characters stating words to that effect. I don't think these guys are about to pull a Frank Booth, Tommy DeVito or Travis Bickle on anyone but that's what crossed my mind. Hell, they even make a song about skating ("Four Wheels") sound like a threat. A brash, trebly sound with murder in its heart. And recorded in a barn. (17 W 4th Street, Hamilton, ON Canada L9C 3M2).(http://subvox.blogspot.com/)
TV Freaks LP (Schizophrenic)
I like to think that the readers of Yellow Green Red are a cut above the rest, so really, why don’t you tell me what a band called “TV Freaks” in 2012 sounds like? If you said “Aussie- and Killed By Death-inspired punk rock played with a hardcore frame of mind”, you’d be right on the money. It’s quite possible that the band’s template came from the manic strumming of their namesake song, and they pair that with a snotty singer who’s taken more lessons from the Career Suicide guy than anyone who ever went on to join the Hoodoo Gurus. I think the third track on each side has a guitar riff almost directly ganked from Eddy Current, and I have to say I’m a little surprised it took a band this long. I saw TV Freaks live, and recognized “Spilt Milk” from their set off the album, which is certainly a positive sign in this genre where many decent bands have trouble writing memorable songs. If you need this sort of music to survive, and I’d suspect that many do, by all means swipe a copy of TV Freaks, but those with only a passing interest in snotty garage-punk can rest easy if this album never quite makes it home. (http://www.yellowgreenred.com/)
There's a new track posted on the bandcamp from an upcoming 4-song 7" that Schizophrenic is putting out. More news soon on when these will actually be ready, but it's looking like late April/early May.
