Reviews of Gay? by 12 Rods (EP, Indie Rock) [Page 3] - Rate Your Mic

Contents:

• 12 RODS GAY?
• GAY?
• REVIEW: 12 RODS: GAY? (1996)
• GAY?

12 RODS GAY?

In 1996 they released the ep Gay? is a real gem, but what keeps om a perfect sre is track 3, “Gaymo”.

FAVORITE TRACKS: Red, Make Out Mic, Gaymo, Mexi, Revolute. DISLIKED TRACKS: FriendI'm ntug my 12 RODS disg review wh Gay?, the bands send project after their but album Bliss. I thk this was one of the bt possible choic they uld have ma bee Gay?

GAY?

Gay? As a disc of stud mos and eds, Gay? 12 Rods breath new life to Devo's brand of new wave, and Gay?

While unrstandably rough when pared to 12 Rods' later work, Gay? But damn, there’s somethg about Gay?

So yeah, ’s sad 12 Rods fell to the Pchfork curse, but at least I still have Gay? An amb lol fanze award their 1996 EP gay? Jason had seen 12 Rods live and was blown away, and he bought the CD of Gay?

REVIEW: 12 RODS: GAY? (1996)

Th was the fate that befell the Mneapolis band 12 Rods and their EP Gay?.

Wh such a evisceratn, sounds like Gay?

However, after listeng to Gay?, I n say that like Fuck, ’s unfortunate that 12 Rods had to pete agast 90s die giants such as Pavement or My Bloody Valente for attentn (if only Youtube or WordPrs existed back then). 0 ratg, Gay?, and 12 Rods, still serve regnn. “Gaymo” is a slow, betiful untry love ballad topped off by a soarg, majtic guar solo.

GAY?

The big problem is that spe havg only 6 songs, Gay? Still, don’t ignore Gay? It’s an overlooked, gay (as happy) gem worth your time.

gay? In s near forty mute ntime, gay? It’s hopeful, ’s lh, ’s energetic, ’s entirely btersweet every way, and I adore to bs; everythg om the lyric to the msage to the mic self is all I uld really ask for om an EP like to my iend’s list who’ve heard me mentn this several tim now several different reviews, but I me out at as gay at 15 and kda msed up a lot my life.

That said, hearg someone sg “I wish I didn’t grow up / The town that I grew up / It kept me silent / It kept me stupid” and “When I go to bed / I dream of goln pillows / A goln beach of whe / The lor of your hair” as a gay kid om the south... )You have plenty of other sounds on this thg — Gaymo is an alt-untry song that sounds sorta like Mojave 3 and Mexi is like a dreamy 80s new wave song — but none of the parisons are to say that they’re unorigal.

I’d really say Gay? The band’s 1996 EP Gay? Though this band no longer has the rourc and backg necsary to move the kd of volume an operatn like V2 uld provi, Lost Time is rich qualy, and if self-releasg the rerd is what tak to get the boys back on track, so be md now that unlike some people, I wouldn't have you believe that Gay?

The manic, metallic sheen of Anxieti has been subdued and replaced wh more of the anic productn that marked Gay?, albe of much higher fily. But if there's one thg that Ryan Oltt totally nails, 's the unrequed love "Gaymo". Gay???

so that's the lyril world of the Gay? OH YEAH and "Gaymo" is basilly a slowre untry song.

But as much as i love the tracks for their var quali, there's an elephant the gay basement, and 's the last track. That's how i personally feel about the Gay?