"It's like Mel Gibson's The Patriot, but less "Hollywood."" - Me I was listening to an Asmongold podcast a while back when he made a statement about George Washington being a "fucking badass who sailed across a river and murdered a bunch of British dudes in their sleep!" Paraphrasing. My father and I went to see a movie called The Great Awakening about a man named George Whitfield who was a lesser-known figure that helped shape American history. As we left the theater, I told my father that it would be nice to see more movies about our founding fathers, like George Washington, citing Asmongold's "he was a fucking badass" statement. You can imagine how delightfully surprised I was when we both went to see Disclosure Day a few months later, and in the hallway of the movie theater, I saw a poster for a movie called Young Washington . I pointed at the poster and told my dad, I was just talking about this! So we caught an early screen...
Sounds Like: Pop punk, power-pop & 90s skate Similar Artists: Teenage Bottlerocket, Green Day, The Queers, Versus You
Review:A great fictional character named Milhouse once said "fun is fun." He might not have been talking about Fairmounts, but he may as well have been. If there's one word to describe the band's latest album Kiddo, it's "fun!"
The album cover has a kid sitting on a kitchen floor wearing a cassette walk-man with 80s head-phones while wailing away to the beat on some upturned pots and pans with wooden spoons as his drum-sticks. Exactly what you will find yourself doing with the nearest available objects while listening to this album!
90s era pop & skate punk is alive and well in this release and 90s fans will likely catch the references to the 1993 film The Fugitive starring Harrison Ford in the album's lead track "Devlin McGreggor." The song is named after a fictional pharmaceutical company which Ford's character (Dr. Richard Kimble) is working to expose. If you've never seen the film, check it out! It's a classic! Just like this album will likely be 10-20 years from now!
It's hard to pick a stand-out track because there are more than a handful of them. "Attack Of The Deadheads" would be the perfect song for a split with Teenage Bottlerocket while "Pink Suitcase" will have you humming along for hours after just one listen. Our only real complaint is "6 Outta 10" which comes across a bit derogatory. We're unsure if the addition of guest vocalist Joe Queer helps or hurts in this regard.
"Common Sense" is a catchy little tune that begins with a single electric guitar and vocals which explodes into a sing-a-long proper for the end of an album or live set.
Our Score: 9/10 - Fairmounts deliver a proper debut full-length with Kiddo that will have fans of pop and skate punk singing along years to come. Green Day's Insomniac meets Teenage Bottlerocket with more optimism.
