Owners Club have just released their brilliant self titled debut EP via Brighton up and coming label Goo Records. Displaying some brilliantly thought out, witty songwriting and rich Indie-Alternative soundscapes which showcase a wide range of influences.
We wanted to know more, so we caught up with the band about 5 of their favourite tunes:
Butthole Surfers - Boiled Dove ‘Imagine your father was naked and you had just fallen through the ceiling into a room filled with soft, white eyeballs’.
Now that’s the kind of absurdist lyrics that get me inspired. This track, which was only released on a compilation tape titled ‘Smack My Crack’ somehow sounds nostalgically familiar and also like nothing I’ve ever heard before. A lo-fi, psychedelic dirge which seemingly sprawls out of the speakers and seduces you with its witty and degraded ramblings.
The ‘Surfers at their very best.
Gee Tee - Chromo Zone
I just can’t get enough of these garage-rockers from Down Under. Every song in their catalogue grabs you by the throat and refuses to let go - and I love it!
With whole albums of theirs clocking at sub 10 minutes it’s evident that writing catchy hooks at break-neck speed is their forte.
These guys were a massive influence on our track Evil Twin. I wrote it not long after discovering them, having decided, ‘Yep I fancy a bit of that chaos in our sonic repertoire’.
The Cleaners From Venus - The Jangling Man Martin Newell, the man behind The Cleaners From Venus is a massive inspiration to me; his lyricism, ear for melody and unabashed DIY attitude are something to be admired. In the veins of every Cleaners song there’s an undeniable sense of Englishness - an England which is at odds with itself, divided and yet sullenly celebrated for all of its contradictions and foibles. This is something I delve into in my songs, however not nearly as eloquently as Newell does.
The Jangling Man explores class and a crumbling political system - making references to Wyatt Tyler and the peasants revolt of 1381 - something which would have seemed relevant at the time of writing as the song is about the poll tax and the riots that ensued as a result.
In my opinion this tune seems as relevant today as when released in 1990.
‘To all you kids in cardboard city I hope you’re having fun,
And all you voters everywhere will remember what you’ve done’.
Roxy Music - Editions of You I just love everything about this song; the instrumentation, Ferry’s insane lyrics and vocal delivery, ‘The badgers couldn’t compensate at twice the price for just another night with the boy-e-yoy-yoys’. Not to mention the transition from sax solo into Brian Eno’s batshit crazy synth solo. Awe inspiring stuff.
Canned Pineapple - Why Don’t The Pretty Women Look At Me? I keep on finding myself coming back to this utter banger from our Goo Records label mates, Canned Pineapple.
These guys are the best live band I’ve seen in a long long time, I must say it is quite remarkable and a bit annoying just how seamlessly they've transferred that live energy onto vinyl! Hooky as anything and a true ear worm, this song is like if Teenage Fanclub and Deerhunter had a baby.
If you haven’t already go out and by their E.P and while your at it buy ours aswell!
Listen to Owner Club's debut EP below: