Americans in France, Punk Rock Mutants

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Sometimes you have to dig deep to find music that excites you, and sometimes all you have to do is go to North Carolina.  Good music is good music everywhere, and the Chapel Hill band, Americans In France, is truly a moveable feast.

Their debut album, Pretzelvania (Odessa Records), is a psychophrenic romp through punk, psychedelia, and rock n’ roll.  The music is liable to change about every 45 seconds, but Josh Lajoie’s vocal whine is a constant.  At their best AIF is reminiscent of a Violent Femmes-Black Angels love child, and at their worst they are just annoying.

AIF’s best songs morph through tempo changes and genres like a punk rock mutant, especially on tracks like, “Little Wolf,” which any Velvet Underground will be able to  appreciate, and “Tout Les Temps” a primal riff-based shout song that is impossible to understand or ignore.

So check out these obscure and crazy bastards out of North Carolina, and know that punk rock is not completely dead.

Mp3: Americans in France – Tout Les Temps

Mp3: Americans in France – Little Wolf

Mp3: Americans in France – Nose Job