Heavy Mother
This Time Around
This here Heavy Mother debut album -you can only call it "a vinyl" if yer under 30 or mentally deficient- is called 'This Time Around.' Does that mean there's a next time around? Too many questions I can't answer in my decomposing state. They got some gooduns on here like 'I Know There's No Answer' (not a Beach Boys song) and 'Eenie Meenie' (many of their songs seem to be based on nursery rhymes) and 'Government Phone' (for all you po folks who still got yer Obamaphones). They got a song that pokes fun at billionaire space programs ('Dicks In Space!') and another about the pandemic lifestyle ('Monkeys And Goats'). Not to mention some real classics like 'Louie Louie' and Eddie Holland's 'Leaving Here.' I like em all. There are 15 songs, so you got a lot to choose from. These boys got a bunch of influences. The obvious ones are like The Stooges, The Velvet Underground, and The Sonics. But they also dig Gary Stewart's honky tonk, Mrs. Miller's classical '60s recordings, and everything Sun Ra ever recorded.