Feral Kid (2022)
This is a compilation album. I feel that comps are really a thing of the past at this point. I never really see them anymore, but were it not for comp albums there are so many bands that I never would have discovered otherwise. This particular album focuses on a pretty specific scene, a burgeoning one in Hattiesburg, MS.
Most of the bands on here get two songs, but not all of them. The songs represent many genres and for whatever reason, most are very short with over half of them clocking in at under two minutes. Now there's definitely stuff on here that's not for me. The breakneck screaming of Fumes isn't the sort of thing I would listen to on most occasions. Same with the sludgy, stoner rock of Stellatone (they're one of the bands that only got one song on this) and the Stranger Things synth of Control Room.
That said, there are a few bands on here that I thought were pretty solid. Pleather is a band that I have a 7" by, and their Baby Shakes-ish guitar pop is enjoyable. The Squirms put forth a serviceable rock and roller called "Stiles." It's not amazing or anything, but it's totally fine. My favorites on the album are the two entries of Ded Jewels. Both are fuzzed out guitar tunes that have a slight debt of influence to the sort of early rock of the late 50s and early 60s.
Is this the sort of compilation that I bought in the 90s, the kind that instantly alters my taste in music? No, it's not. But there are some decent songs in here and it definitely changed my opinion of what could be happening in towns like Hattiesburg.
Various - Big Big Wave:
https://feral-kid-records.bandcamp.com/album/big-big-wave
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