{"product_id":"dum-dum-boys-let-there-be-noise-lp","title":"Dum Dum Boys - Let There Be Noise LP","description":"\n\u003cp\u003eOften obscured by the ascent of Flying Nun's legendary roster is New Zealand's late 1970s \/ early 1980s punk scene. Based in Auckland, a cadre of acts influenced by The Ramones and Stooges briefly thrived. The Dum Dum Boys – the first NZ punk band to record and release a full-length in their native country – were hooked on the Ann Arbor sounds of Iggy Pop.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Dum Dum Boys' \u003cem\u003eLet There Be Noise\u003c\/em\u003e (1981) is chock-full of James Williamson and Deniz Tek riffage; it also contains elements of Iggy Pop's nihilism. Take the lyrics to \"Something To Say\" – it's refrain repeatedly asking \"What am I living for?\" – and juxtapose them to the band's namesake track from Pop's \u003cem\u003eThe Idiot\u003c\/em\u003e (1977): \"What happened to Zeke? He's dead on jones, man.\" \"Stalking The Streets\" taps into the meaninglessness of James Taylor and Dennis Wilson's \u003cem\u003eTwo-Lane Blacktop\u003c\/em\u003e journey through the American Southwest.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Dum Dum Boys understood the proto-punk sounds of 1970s Ann Arbor and Cleveland. More importantly, they also got the vibe. Life stinks – sometimes in the places (Auckland) you’d least expect it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs the title suggests, \u003cem\u003eLet There Be Noise\u003c\/em\u003e is anything but a record incessantly focused on introspective doom and gloom. \"Don’t Be A Bitch\" rivals Radio Birdman's \"I-94\" for lyrical thick-headedness—like sticking a hot 454 in a Ford Falcon gasser, the song's simultaneously awesome and dumb. That's a difficult balance to strike.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eLet There Be Noise\u003c\/em\u003e was self-released and copies quickly became damn near unobtanium, even in New Zealand. (I should know: I lived there.) In The Red has performed a major service by reissuing this obscure and outstanding record. Independent New Zealand releases from the early 1980s didn’t get their due; distribution out of the country was essentially non-existent. It’s nice to see that finally getting corrected. – Ryan Leach, Terminal Boredom\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"In The Red","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67974381502832,"sku":"lxd1793063913584","price":13.79,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1017\/3749\/6944\/files\/dum-dum-boys---let-there-be-noise-lp_1.jpg?v=1793063920","url":"https:\/\/kayakpaddling.shop\/products\/dum-dum-boys-let-there-be-noise-lp","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}