Album Notes

"The Unawares love garage rock, to be sure. The tunes on Hey Zeus exude the sheer pleasure of traditional rock ‘n’ roll and certainly will make them fast friends to anyone heavily into The Forty-Fives, The Woggles or The Dirtbombs. But The Unawares have more than The Wailers and Link Wray in their record collection. The lyrical absurdity in songs like “Mr. Power Fisher” betray a fondness for art-punks a la Talking Heads and the rollicking riffs (and tongue-in-cheek sense of humor) owe as much to The Minutemen as they do The Trashmen. There are some downright bizarre references (including a song that seems to be dedicated to Fox NFL analyst Howie Long), but all is forgiven via The Unawares’ dedication to keeping it simple — only three of Hey Zeus’ 14 tracks eclipse the three-minute mark. The Unawares get in, rock hard and get right the hell back out — the way it should be done." -- by Patrick Wall of Free Times, April 18, 2007.