{"id":36468,"date":"2021-04-19T17:15:21","date_gmt":"2021-04-19T21:15:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=36468"},"modified":"2021-04-11T18:50:40","modified_gmt":"2021-04-11T22:50:40","slug":"the-wind-ups-announce-try-not-to-think-lp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=36468","title":{"rendered":"The Wind-Ups announce \u2018Try Not To Think\u2019 LP"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Born out of Covid boredom and a freshly acquired TASCAM 388 in Northern California, The Wind-Ups are the fully realized bedroom project of Jake Sprecher (Terry Malts, Smokescreens, Jonathan Richman). The debut LP,&nbsp;\u2018Try Not To Think,\u2019 is a lo-fi punk rock &#8216;n&#8217; roll burst that veteran Infrasonic mastering tech Dave Gardner (Black Lips, King Khan) calls &#8220;<em>one of the loudest records I&#8217;ve ever worked on.&#8221;<\/em> It might quickly remind you of The Saints, The Ramones or The Spits. But listen a little longer and you&#8217;re certain to pick up on an unabashed power pop backbone, one that sources influence from the Modern Lovers, Paul Collins&#8217; Beat, The Shoes, so on and so forth.&nbsp; Listen to <em>Lockdown<\/em> which is lifted from the LP via YouTube below. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-soundcloud wp-block-embed-soundcloud wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Wind-Ups - Lockdown by Mt.St.Mtn.\" width=\"500\" height=\"400\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?visual=true&#038;url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F1020717460&#038;show_artwork=true&#038;maxheight=750&#038;maxwidth=500&#038;secret_token=s-fAIydpQQBaU\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Former Terry Malts members and dear friends Phil Benson (Neutrals) and Nathan Sweatt are waiting in the wings to join the live band when life returns, with&nbsp;\u2018Try Not To Think\u2019&nbsp;set for release on June 18, 2021 via Mt.St.Mtn. First pressing on clear + green splatter vinyl. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">More about The Wind-Ups<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>\u201cNorthern California (Chico to be exact) veteran musician Jake Sprecher flies the Ramones flag high on a lo-fi, but go-to-11-in-volume album. The dynamic tracks are pure garage rock \u2018n\u2019 roll with a hefty helping of punk rock attitude. Sprecher not only features on all instruments and vocals, but he also wrote and recorded the full length. How\u2019s that for one-man-band? And this lone man is also in slew of other outfits, from Smokescreens and Terry Malts to Beehive and as a contributing player for Jonathan Richman. What Sprecher is doing here lines up most closely with Terry Malts, minus the post-punk angle &#8211; and extra band members. Sprecher\u2019s cruisin\u2019 for a bruisin\u2019, kicking up a ruckus on driving songs where their sound is compressed to the forefront for maximum amplification.\u201d&nbsp;<\/em><br>&#8211;&nbsp;<em>Big Takeover<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Born out of Covid boredom and a freshly acquired TASCAM 388 in Northern California, The Wind-Ups are the fully realized bedroom project of Jake Sprecher <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=36468\" title=\"The Wind-Ups announce \u2018Try Not To Think\u2019 LP\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":36469,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[22,23,28,30,4165],"tags":[735,10160,10159],"class_list":["post-36468","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-guitar-rock","category-indie","category-music","category-new-release","category-punk","tag-lp","tag-the-wind-ups","tag-try-not-to-think"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/5B1057B8-8D07-4838-921D-A20FE20E3E78.jpeg?fit=1000%2C1000","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2B2TV-9uc","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":39760,"url":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=39760","url_meta":{"origin":36468,"position":0},"title":"Blistering, noise poppers The Wind-Ups return with\u00a0\u2018Happy Like This\u2019","author":"cultureaddicts","date":"November 4, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"High energy, bedroom punk project The Wind Ups are back with a new album \u2018Happy Like This\u2019. 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