The Heat Tape is a band straight out of the trailer park in Makanda, IL after which they named the album. It features Brett Hunter (The Copyrights, Dear Landlord) along with some of his buddies. When they’re not out shooting at skunks, throwing some roadkill on the BBQ or engaging in whatever other cliché you can come up with, they’re writing catchy songs that linger in that vague space between punkrock and garagerock.
“Racoon Valley Recordings” is an album filled with lo-fi songs about winning the lottery, being a piece of shit, grandma’s guns and another track is made up entirely of quotes from a letter from White County Jail that Hunter found unopened when he bought his trailer. It’s not as if they’ve stumbled over this new thing no one has ever heard yet. But fuck, these songs are addictive! If you’re into the likes of Marked Men and Jay Reatard, you’re gonna love this.
Score: 8 out of 10
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