Mama & His Boys – “Twomp Twomp Vier” – [Street Beef]

Brian Damage   3/12/2025   12-inch, A Library

Hawt grunge from this Oaktown trio. Two of the cats came from The Loyalists; the drummer was in Mansion and Raised by Robots. The kind of punk noise you would expect from dudes who came of age during that ’87-’95 period when the scummier the sound, the better. Think TAD, Killdozer, Melvins, etc., with an extra dollop of trash on top.

“Let’s Go Do Some Crimes” is a cover of the Repo Man theme song by Iggy Pop.

Probably the biggest surprise? Only two FCCs, one at the very beginning of “Roundheel Go Square” – which you can cue past, and “Crimes / Repo Man” — which you can’t.

Big, dumb, fun. Damage says four stars. The cover art is zero stars, though.