Name: Bed and Bugs
Brand: Obits

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

SPCD1058

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Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

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Format detail

Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2013-09-05

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier GB

PIAS

Tax rate GB

Standard:20

UPC / Barcode

0098787105827

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1 / CD / Extended format: No / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

Artist

Obits

Genre GB

Alternative / Modern

Label GB

Sub Pop

Obits was a rock band from Brooklyn, New York that formed in 2006 and disbanded in 2015. Known for their energetic live performances and unique sound, Obits drew inspiration from various genres including punk, garage rock, and post-hardcore.

Their music resonated with fans who appreciated the raw intensity of their songs and the infectious hooks that kept listeners coming back for more. Drawing comparisons to bands like Hot Snakes, The Night Marchers, and Les Savy Fav, Obits carved out their own distinct place in the music scene.

With influences ranging from Drive Like Jehu to Superchunk, Obits blended elements of noise rock with catchy melodies to create a sound that was both familiar yet refreshing. Their discography includes albums such as "I Blame You" and "Moody, Standard and Poor," which showcased their ability to craft memorable songs filled with passion and energy.

Short for "Subterranean Pop" 

The label was an outgrowth of [a=Bruce Pavitt]'s Olympia, WA based (print) fanzine, which became the well respected cassettezine of the same name. 

After his move to Seattle he ran a music column in the Seattle Rocket also called Sub Pop.

After initial forays into the record label world with a [a=Green River] 7" (not officially on Sub Pop) and the Sub Pop 100 LP, the label exploded onto the indie scene with four influential colored vinyl 7"s which included [a=Mudhoney]'s "Touch Me I'm Sick" which made the year-end top 10 playlist of nearly every music journalist in the world.

Subsequent hyping of the label in the English music press put them on the map, and grunge was born.

Label-Code is 03159; rarely found printed on releases (basically only on releases manufactured/licensed by Warner/WEA Germany)

Obits are a four-piece band who currently live in Brooklyn, NY, and whose music is probably considered an occupant of the rock music genre, specifically in the areas of garage, punk, surf, surf-punk, and garage-punk (though, not surf-garage). On this new album, they've also covered a song ('Besetchet') from volume 23 of the excellent Ethiopiques series; so much for tidy categorization. The album for which this clumsy biographical dispatch has been prepared is entitled 'Bed and Bugs' and it is the third full-length album by Obits, following their 2011 album 'Moody, Standard and Poor', which itself followed their 2009 album 'I Blame You', which we in the professional music industry refer to as the band's debut. 'Bed and Bugs' was recorded somewhere in Arlington, VA at an unnamed recording studio, simply and rather unhelpfully described as 'upstairs.' This recording was accomplished by Nikhil Ranade, and the resulting songs were later mixed, variously, by this same Nikhil Ranade as well as Eli Janney and Geoff Sanoff. On listening to 'Bed and Bugs', the discerning listener may well note more than a passing similarity to such bands as Hot Snakes, Edsel, Drive Like Jehu, Girls Against Boys, Pitchfork, possibly Television or the Wipers. This is un-coincidental! With the exception of those last two, Obits share members with all of those bands.

Bed and Bugs

Music GB