Label: Third Man
Reissued 2023, Originally released 2017
History has shown that the greatest bands–bands with that certain, ever elusive quality called lasting power–neither conform to nor buck the trends of their time, but rather force the times to catch up to them. Sheer Mag has such lasting power in droves. Their sensibility, as fervently beloved by baseball-tee clad garage rockers and tattoo-less indie kids as it is by leather-and-stud-loyal punks, finds its strength in an unconventional mixture of refined complexity and straight-forward pop prowess. Seamlessly trading between head-turning guitar heroics and a charmingly timeless blend of disco, hard rock, and garage inflected hooks, Sheer Mag’s oft-referenced, never-replicated sound has played an undeniably large role in stoking the current resurgence of interest power-pop forward rock music. While quickly adopted as a fan-favorite amongst the sweat-caked crowds of the early 2010’s underground, time has attested to Sheer Mag’s singular cultural mutability: though never straying too far from their home-town Philadelphian origins.
Track listing:
- Meet Me In The Street
- Need to Feel Your Love
- Just Can't Get Enough
- Expect The Bayonet
- Rank And File
- Turn It Up
- Suffer Me
- Pure Desire
- Until You Find The One
- Milk And Honey
- Can't Play It Cool
- (Say Goodbye To) Sophie Scholl