Bee Bee Sea – Bee Bee Sea Deluxe [GREEN NOISE USA EXCLUSIVE; IMPORT WHITE VINYL MARKED DOWN] – New LP
Imported from our partner in Italy, the always great Wild Honey Records, this is Bee Bee Sea in the beginning, containing their first LP (2015) and concluding with the four cuts from their debut EP (2016), this absolutely needs to be listened to on vinyl to be truly appreciated, as listening to this on digital grabbed my attention, now listening to this on vinyl, it grabs more than my attention, reaches right in and grabs my heart, this easily stands next to their other albums (which even Iggy Pop voiced his praise upon) and this might just go on to become my personal favorite. It's maybe slightly more low-fi and connected with the jangle and garage rock of the 1960s, clearly from the 21st century but reaching back to grab Cochran's collar and pull it through 1963, 1966, 1969, 1975 and 1977....bits of likely influences surfacing at different times, The Who, Small Faces, Monkees, Stones, Byrds, Tommy James, The Clash, and Bowie...the feel of stepping out and stepping back to wrap your