£18.00
Label
Dirtnap Records
Detail
11 track Black Vinyl LP
" As far as I'm concerned, all and sundry can pencil in Stef as the Impending Punk Rock Van Morrison”
Rev. Norb, Razorcake
“Fav new band STEF & the SLEEVEENS... LOVE THIS MYSTERIOUS BAND!”
Quintron
“Murphy sings with tremendous passion and conviction while The Sleeveens rock out like there's no tomorrow... You can’t ask for a better debut record than this.”
Faster and Louder
When Irish-born Count Vaseline/The Mighty Stef songwriter Stef Murphy met Stiff Little Fingers guitar tech Jamie Mechan in Nashville, Tennessee, it began a musical partnership of the highest order. After cranking out a few tunes at Mechan’s fledgling studio, 302 Sound, the duo started recruiting other musicians. The band was rounded out by drummer Ryan Sweeney (Cheap Time) and Eli Steele (Sweet Knives.) Dubbing themselves The Sleeveens, an Irish term for a trixter, the band got to work. After recording and releasing their highly-touted “Give My Regards To The Dancing Girls” 45rpm single on Sweeney’s Sweet Time Records, they finished off their 11 track debut LP. The quartet were soon approached by longrunning punk label Dirtnap Records (Marked Men, Exploding Hearts) for the album’s 2024 release.
The resulting LP is an homage to the kind of classic punk Chiswick, New Rose and Stiff Records were releasing 45 years before The Sleeveens existed. With earworm melodies and screaming guitars, the foursome have crafted one of the best albums of the year. Murphy’s penchant for charmingly brilliant, matter-of-fact lyricism has a similar poetic quality as Mark E. Smith or Jonathan Richman. With expert mastering by Jim Diamond (The White Stripes, The Dirtbombs) to put the finishing touches on the sound, The Sleeveens is a record that is simultaneously uncompromisingly raw and thoughtfully crafted.
Tracklisting
A1 Give My Regards To The Dancing Girls
A2 Tales From The Megaplex
A3 Metallica Font
A4 Looking For Porno?
A5 Dry Cider
B1 Aretha Franklin
B2 Full Dollar
B3 Get Over You (undertones cover)
B4 Glory Holes
B5 Haunted Neighborhood
B6 Paulie Says
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