Album Notes

The Neighborhood Bullys make sure you get it all--good and hard.
Songwriter/bass player Davey Meshell serves up equal parts first
wave punk (you know, when it was more attitude than fashion statement?)
glam- rock, R&B and Soul. The record is produced by Mike Chapman
(Blondie, The Knack, and the Sweet) so any dissonance in genres is
cooked down in a heady power-pop stew. There aren't many rough
edges here. Punky affectations aside these guys can really play and
Chapman's production provides the sheen that makes this a really
impressive debut. There's great synergy between the two guitarists--
Tex Mosley and Michael Hays. It's damn refreshing to hear a
new band that has already established a distinctive guitar sound.
Sure the references to the NY Dolls or T Rex might leap out of the
speakers at you and Meshell has an uncanny ability to sound like a
cross between a young Elvis Costello and the soulful Willy DeVille.
But the energy is undeniable. It all sounds new again. Songs like
"Spin It," and "I'm Bored Let's Fight" just flat-out put a smile on my
face. At a time when it seems like popular music is balkanizing
endlessly into countless genres and sub-genres, the Neighborhood
Bullys have gone and made a goddamn RAWK record.