Grommets, Gremmies, Kooks & Weirdos

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1.	Baja 02:53	info	buy track
2.	Pipeline 03:17	info	buy track
3.	Nitrous Burnout 03:25	info	buy track
4.	Secret Agent Conrad Zero 03:11	info	buy track
5.	Varykino Snow 03:25	info	buy track
6.	Makaha 03:19	info	buy track
7.	Monster at Party Beach 02:45	info	buy track
8.	Viagra Falls 03:27	info	buy track
9.	War of the Satellites 02:26	info	buy track
10.	Penetration 03:31	info	buy track
11.	Munster Medley 02:52	info	buy track
12.	Chandu 02:19	info	buy track
13.	Rockula 03:03	info	buy track
14.	Deja Varoom 01:39	info	buy track
15.	Scalp Salad 03:05	info	buy track

about

When Alewife founders, Mitch McNeil and Colin Toline, first fired up this project, it was glaringly apparent that chief among their infrastructural shortcomings was a long term lack of a vocalist (Beverly was almost 25 years into the future!). With that in mind, they dove wholeheartedly into the deep end of the surf genre, already steeped by osmosis in the works of Dick Dale and The Ventures, they broadened their search away from the purist retro-strains to the stylings of The Mermen, Man or Astro-Man?, and Southern Culture on the Skids – leavened with Z-grade movie soundtrack inspiration, a pinch of trash TV spice ... and here we are!

The duo was helped mightily along the way by the thundering drums of Ben Rosene and Miguel Gonzalez, some tasty guitar additions of Tim M, and the always-percolating percussion of Alex Haussmann. Surf is most definitely UP.

Dedicated to our dearly-departed HIGH C, whose bass reigns supreme throughout this collection.

ALERT!! Hear Alewife's contribution to the TRIPLE AGENT RECORDS surf rock compilation at: tripleagentrecords.bandcamp.com/album/triple-agent-records-vol-vll

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released October 27, 2023

Cover photo of Mitch McNeil at Paia Bay: Liz Gill
Guitar, Keyboards, Percussion: Mitch McNeil
Bass, Keyboards, Accordion, Theramin, Special Effects: Colin Toline
Drums, Percussion, Handsonic®: Ben Rosene and/or Miguel Gonzalez
Congas, Djembe, Percussion: Alex Haussmann

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Alewife Oak Park, Illinois

Renowned for their fermented blend of surf/latin/exotica, with a pinch of spice from around this vast global milieu. Heavily extraterrestrial by way of the equator. Music of the jungle. Music of the desert. Music from space.

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