Boss Martians, The – “13 Evil Tales” – [Dionysus Records]

Cousin Mary   3/4/2015   12-inch, A Library

The Boss Martians are a 4-piece band (guitar, bass, drum, organ) from Seattle. Around since the 90’s, they are still rocking and causing their listeners to wonder, “Is this a power pop band? Or is it a surf band?”. Excellent instrumentals on all tracks, fine vocals on tracks 3, 6, 8, 10, 11, 13. The tracks with the strongest surf sound are 2, 4, 7, 9, and 12. Some influences from horror and hot rod genres, nothing over produced here – a throwback with a modern sound.