Side A
Fast Trash
New York's Alright (If You Like Sex & Phones)
Wasted On Youth/Melted Candle
To & Fromme
Wimpy Garcia (Brotherfucker)

Side B
Jenna Rations
Affection
Fucking Machine
Rollin' Benny
Secs Tape

For a portion of us who buy records and obsess over ‘em, The Gotobeds first came to our attention when word began to spread that Kim Phuc guitarist Eli Kasan and drummer Tom Payne had a new band.  That powerhouse pedigree certainly didn’t hurt, but non-residents of Blitzburgh were in for a slight headfuck upon hearing The Gotobeds’ debut 7”, “Ipso Facto (It’s All Happening)” (Mind Cure) in the Fall of 2013.  Teamed with bassist Gavin Jensen and drummer Cary Belbeck, the quartet’s chaotic take on smart-dude avant punk could’ve passed for one of the best singles of 1979, ’89, ’99, really, any year that ended in a 9.

1859. 

2019.

A subsequent 45 for Mind Cure, spring 2014’s “New York’s Alright (If You Like Sex & Phones)” upped the ante considerably ; though one publication called it Lee Ving-baiting, ’twas a Parquet Courts LP that was smashed into tiny pieces in the song’s widely seen music video.  Lest anyone believes this was manufactured attempt at creating a feud, the simple fact of the matter is that hardly anyone is willing to talk about the consequences of poor LP handling. You call it a promotional clip, I call it a PSA —- can’t we simply agree the song was amazing?  

After some OTT blog hyperventilating and an action-packed trip to SXSW and back, we can fast forward to ‘Poor People Are Revolting’, as confident and filler-free a debut rock album as you’re gonna hear in these sad, sloppy times.

"One of the strongest American rock debuts in years, Poor People Are Revolting is an obscene gesture hoisted toward anyone who'd claim that the genre is dead." - NPR

"The Gotobeds' ability to craft memorable songs in that mold and then play them as if it were the most fun you could ever have is what puts this album so far beyond almost any other rock record released this year." - Other Music

"Pittsburgh yalp-punks...dish up one of the best debuts of 2014." - CMJ

"Those above quotes are no joke. If there's an album I enjoy more this year, I can't wait to hear it." - Jon Solomon, PRF Distro

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