Goner Records | Jump Back Jake | Memphis via Brooklyn

My Favorite Record of the Decade

: Cover of Too Much Guitar

This record was released in 2004, shortly before I arrived in Memphis for the very first time. Recorded with the original Memphis based line-up, mostly in the back of what is now Goner records and partly at the now defunct Easley/McCain studios, the record sounds like the city that I fell in love with that summer. I can hear the heat, the sweat, and the grit that could all be washed away by a late night swim in harbor town.
This record does what few punk rock bands have ever done which is merge irreverent production and arrangements with perfect songwriting. I would put this up there with records like ‘Exile on Main on Main Street’ or ‘Nevermind’ as a genre defining statement of what Rock and Roll should be.

Best track: ‘Drowning.’