Snappy Little Numbers (2021)
I've written more than a few times that live records are not typically my thing. Even for bands that I love, I rarely listen to their live albums. The only real exceptions to this are Leatherface - Live in Oslo and Bum - Shake Town! Recorded Live. For everyone else, the live albums tend to just be collection filler. Now add to that the fact that I've never heard of the band Bricheros, making a live album be my first exposure to them is probably not an ideal situation, but here we go.
The first thing I'll say is that the recording quality on this thing is great, if you didn't tell me it was a live album, I don't think I would have even noticed on most of the songs. Everything sounds tight, the vocals sound outstanding and are not buried or overblown, which are usually the main problems with live albums.
The songs themselves are pretty standard three chord garage rockers. There's enough of a pop element to keep me interested, with solid hooks on most of the tracks. In 2010, I probably would have been even more into it as I was dabbling in this sort of thing a bit more heavily back then. But even today, I can recognize that this is great little band who, if nothing else, really have their shit together. Based on what I see on Discogs, they have one other record out, a full length from 2018. I don't know if that would be an even better introduction to the band than this live 10", but this record is still a pretty darn good first listen.
Bricheros - Live At Hensley:
https://snappylittlenumbers.bandcamp.com/album/live-at-hensley
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