MP3 Vee Dee - Furthur

This record blurs the lines between garage, punk and psychedelia; it is the sound of desperate, no-compromise rock ânâ roll of the past being absorbed and then re-interpreted for now.

12 MP3 Songs in this album (32:34) !
Related styles: ROCK: Psychedelic, ROCK: Punk

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Vee Dee- "Furthur" lp/cd Reviews

(Reckless Records Chicago)
Another fine example of the Chicago punk rock resurgence. Vee Dee features ex-members of the Brides & have been compared to the Misfits, The Effigies & the Shadows of Knight. Fist thumping punk meets hard edged psyche with singing that is similar to early Damned. Did I mention that this comes highly recommended? Well, it does.


(Aquarius Records S.F.)
Huh, what's this? Vee Dee? It's got black and white, 'fucked up and photocopied' looking graphics, let's put it on...wow, some unknown punk rock outfit from decades past? The first song "Flashes Of Her" could be something by Radio Birdman, or maybe even a song off of that Simply Saucer album... Now, this other track is reminding me of the Misfits. Good stuff. What's the story? Is this something outta the pages of Black To Comm fanzine? A band from one of those Bloodstains comps? Nope, these boys are from the here and now -- Chicago to be precise -- and they sure know how to make a retro-sounding (and looking) punk record that kicks ass. They obviously must have cool record collections. But of course that by itself doesn't mean when you get up on stage you're gonna kick the jams out in a manner worthy of your heroes. However, Vee Dee rise to the occasion: they are worthy. They've got the hooks and the history books, so to speak. As you listen to this, you'll hear echoes of classic '70s and '80s punk, everything from the Buzzcocks to Crime to Black Flag. Cleveland's various underground '70s heroes are doubtless another of Vee Dee's inspirations. Lyrically, they're brave enough to sing lines like "The son of Altamont / was dancing with sister Watts" and do songs about the "TV Police" and being a "Blood Zombie" and make it work. Some of the lyrics read like your stoner 11 year old brother wrote 'em but that's rock and roll poetry ain't it? Give me a catchy song called "Kaleidoscope Death Ray" any day! Allan's new rock fave, went straight into his iPod top 20...

(Wasted Sounds)
- VEE DEE appear to be the darkest and deepest on the Criminal IQ roster. The eclipe cover art (like the cover of the Bauhaus album The Sky Has Gone Out) reflects the emotional terrain covered in 60s psychedelic meets 70s/80s punk doom buggies. They have the potential, if they want to, to sculpt a vision as well as a sound. Flashes of lyrical provocation on cuts like "Flashes Of Her" and "Kaleidoscope Death Ray" make one think as well as drink and/or dance. I look forward to âfurthurâ experiments in their songs with harmonies, EXTRA fuzz bass, studio effects, and lyrics that probe existence while kicking your ass. If you want a band that rocks your head and your butt try Vee Dee as they stand out among many punk trios mining 60s-80s punk today. From NOWWAVE So, yeah, Vee Dee's debut album looks like crap on the outside. If you judged a book by its cover, you'd probably assume that these guys were a bunch of illiterate ex-con drunks getting by on one-and-a-half chords and an encyclopedic knowledge of anal sex. But put the disc in the player and BOOM, you got yourself a party. FINALLY we get another punk record with guts, balls, attitude, and something resembling real style ! These three Chi-Town ruffians play it loose and hard, grooving tough-as-nails 70s punk jams laced with lotsa requisite Windy City grit.


(Razorcake)
Vee Dee mix in some of the lighter-hearted, dark-stained pop overtones of early Replacements, the crunch of early â80s, mid-tempo middle America punk â the âyou know theyâre older, but they sound like they just discovered this shitâ sound. When they speed up, I hear clips of early Freeze guitar. When they slow down, out comes a âBloodstainsâ-era Agent Orange surf/secret agent man guitar, counter pointed by a healthy Cramps-like addiction to zombies and undertakers. Itâs almost as if these guys took a gigantic, aerial photograph of America of punk America circa 1979-1980, harvested all the best parts, and stitched it all together as expertly as a plastic surgeon. Only that they keep the âuglyâ parts Killed By Death ugly. Ultimately, Furthur has a ton of satisfying songs that are as easy to like and understand. It harkens back to an era when punkâs best art was xeroxed flyers stapled to telephone poles. âTodd Taylor


(odysseyzine)
Okay. It's close enough to the end of the year where I'm pretty sure I can go ahead and call this one of the best two or three records I've heard this year. It's hard, measured, style is greatness personified. It's relentlessly catchy, pissed-off -- a monstrous, powerful thug ruckus. This thing is packed with great choruses, doom-charged bass riffs and dirt-under-the-fingernails, guitar skronk. There is a great classic psych and garage undertone scurrying under the carpet as well, but it's so heavily mutated you'd never recognize this as anything remotely resembling the usual paint-by-numbers suits & organ trash. You may need to give it a couple of spins before it totally sinks in, but this album gets the absolute-highest-possible recommendation from me. If you're looking for something catchy, sinister, mindblowing, this will more than fit the bill. -Phil Hunt


(Flavorpill)
Chicago's Vee Dee sound as if they've just barely managed to dislodge themselves from a rift in the time-space continuum, and wonderfully so. Their thrilling, gritty textures are strictly 1978, reminiscent of Magazine's "Shot by Both Sides" and Suicide's "Ghost Rider," with dashes of Tom Verlaine's psychedelic guitar solos swirling in and out. The trio's debut LP, Further (released on local punk label Criminal IQ), was possibly the most underrated album of 2004, all slash-and-burn riffs, careening guitar lines, and old-fashioned, deadpan vocals. -SN

(Terminal Boredom)
For some reason I'm surprised this record is this good. The music is infectious, the definition of an album that grows on you with repeated listening. On the surface, it really sounds like Baseball Furies-like straight, no frills punk'n'garage, with a heavy downer/death-trip vibe to the whole thing. As you get deeper into it though, the psych influences creep out, the catchy choruses take root, and next thing you know you're listening to it daily. The song material is reminiscent of what may have come out of Danzig's mind had he went to Vietnam and got a faceful of Agent Orange. Paranoid songs about TV Police and Blood Zombies and all sorts of other weird crap. "Kaleidoscope Death Ray"? Cool. Well worth your cash, and I hope they're already pencilled for next year's Blackout. I think there were 100 limited copies on white vinyl which are probably long gone, so settle for black. You'll thank me for it.(RK)