Those familiar with The Coffin Lids are now scratching their heads and wondering about that Fifties reference. Everybody knows that The Coffin Lids are a slamming garage punk monster of a group; a mixture of the best of Sixties and Seventies rock. Yeah, yeah that stuff's in there with thunderous good results, but there's a dose of Fifties greaser slithering around too. Put it this way, there's no way you'd ever find The Coffin Lids playing a dance for the socials.

Another thing to love about The Coffin Lids is the fun song titles. There's "Frankenstein" even if Edgar Winter beat them to it, "Teenage Shakedown", "Mad Party", "Creepy Crawl" even if Black Flag was borrowing that bit from Charlie Manson years ago for some funny radio commercials, and "Tonight You're Going To Die In My Garage" that sound as cool as their titles. It's adrenalized bull elephant killing kind of music. Zack Brines contributes some tasty farfisa to several of the tracks on Round Midnight for some requisite Mysterian style menace. A reverent cover of The Lime Spiders' "Slave Girl" is thrown into the mix and it could be a damn near life changing experience for some perhaps. The biggest winner is "Action" which would make a great theme song.

Round Midnight is raucous, rebellious, and relentless. Those are three of the prime ingredients that make for good rock and roll. So join me in getting out of the gutter, because the The Coffin Lids are ready.

Edited:CMP

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