In spite of them always having been regarded as one of THE European flag bearers of mid’60s garage punk revival, for those in the know, it doesn’t take more than a song or two to realize that The Others are more about the jangle than the fuzz, while still providing enough of both by way of ‘60s teen punkers such as The Dovers, securing a place within any kind of a sixteez obsessed mynd.
Originally released in 1998, as their last studio album (not counting the following collaboration with Craig Moore of Gonn and Rudi Protrudi of The Fuzztones) Everything’s There! is now being considered for their best longplaying effort, which seems pretty obvious right after the very first listen.
Of the two sides mentioned, the folk rocking one is being best displayed through the cover of The Morning Dew’s Be A Friend, turned into an early Rolling Stones hit single, that they’d never released, and just another “Stone” throw away, Call My Name finds them “Searching” for the perfect jangle.
As does Bein’ Lone, or Down The Lane, throwing in some country-ish flavour as well, while Gonna Be That Way might’ve passed for a Highway 61 outtake, and while we’re still at it, Shadows Of Yesterday blends, once again, the Stones’ early r’n’b daze, with their riff-laden rawk-outs, with Dylan fronting them (!).
With the pair of A Trip On The Grass and A Place To Hide, they tend to get quite psychedelic, in a Love-ly waltzing way, and on a more punk-ish side of things, sometimes they tend to come off not too unlike their American soulmates, The Chesterfield Kings, trying to capture the American teen reaction to the snarlier part of the British invasion by way of The Blues Magoos and the like, as heard in the opening Come To Tell, or Won’t Lose Your Love and She’s Not The Kind.
Considering the fact that they’re lead by Massimo del Pozzo, there’s no “other” way to take the route down the Misty Lane.
[Released by Teen Sound 2007]
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