Please Throw Me Back In The Ocean

"The rock 'n' roll rave-ups and in-the-red rawness of the Sir Lord Von Ravens' Please Throw Me Back in the Ocean tap into a whole 'nother brand: screw-it-all naughty snotty. 'Maybe I'll jump in the river /Maybe I'll cut out my liver...I'm tryin' /I keep on tryin',' sneers frontman Eric Von Ravenson, once of the Time Flys, on 'I Keep on Tryin'.' Recorded by indispensable organ and guitar pinch-hitter Greg Ashley, with producer Jay Bronzini on drums, Please Throw Me... slices the cheesiness thickly, with a sense of cut-and-run fun. It's throwback - hence a cover version of Fats Domino's 'I'm Ready' - but not necessarily throwaway. I like a band unafraid to pay tribute to its true, unlovely loves, but I prefer originals like 'Take It or Leave It,' 'Spit on Your Grave,' and 'PC Action,' the latter two of which intentionally subvert the garage rock, allowing glitter to seep in." - Kimberly Chun (SF Bay Guardian)