Gator in the Pool

Clambake is comprised of brothers Andy Barker on four-string guitar and vocals and Nick Barker on vocals and leopard-print drums. Primal punk rock meets rockabilly, country and blues -- the new rock and roll is rock and roll, so don't let anyone tell you different. The four-stringer and stripped-down drumkit compete with the urgent delivery of the two protagonists -- brothers since 1972, comrades in arms since 1995. This release nails the lo-fat Clambake approach. Recorded on an ancient Revox two-track machine in a single afternoon, the songs on "Gator for the Pool" get to the point and leave. Life is too short for arsing about when there are things to be done, nights out to be had, children to be raised, and money to be earned. This stuff is laconic in the true sense of the word, pausing only to drag the lake and fill its pockets with trash and plastic. Clambake have trodden boards with the likes of Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, The Fall, The Bellrays, Mooney Suzuki, Beachbuggy, The X-Rays, Mr Airplane Man, The Cramps and The Black Keys.