Osos Gumosos

There are good blasts from the past, and there are terrible blasts from the past.

Example:
Good: Gas Prices
Terrible: My 7th Grade Class Picture


Example:
Good: Lindsay Lohan in Mean Girls
Terrible: Tamagotchis

Today, a great blast from my musical past dropped in the ol' inbox, a pleasant surprise. Most b's from my m. p. bring back memories of Lit and Limp Bizkit, so it's rare to be reminded to appreciate my past taste. But Minus The Bear does exactly that. And I think they realize that.

Not to be all indie crit "new-stuff-isn't-as-good-as-old-stuff" in two consecutive posts, but it's been a while since I've rocked out to Minus The Bear. Highly Refined Pirates is one of my favorite albums of all time, an honor I don't bestow lightly. Although it has been replaced, it was one of my 3 desert island albums for quite some time. The up-beat, synthy goodness is delicious and wonderful.
Unfortunately, I never got into they're next album, Menos El Oso. It was, alas, the last blip on my radar screen from these guys, making Minus The Bear a one-album band in my heart. But here they are capitalizing on my nostalgia with a NEW album covering OLD songs. How novel.

On this, the most recent of 5.5 EPs, the band puts away the amps in favor of acoustic geets, as indicated by the clever title "Acoustics". It's great. It's like good, slower covers of great songs. We Are Not A Football Team is fantastic. And listening to some of the other tracks makes me want to get back into MTB (<--- I'm cool).

There's a new track too, which is pretty catchy even in the acoustic iteration. I'd love to hear get the synth treatment at some point. Se llama Guns & Ammo. Que rico el bass drum.

Minus The Bear - Guns & Ammo

That's all for now, check it out. Also, check out this sickies Jackson 5 remix. So I guess that wasn't actually all for now. But this is. Piece.

Jackson 5 - I Want You Back (Z-Trip Remix)