Saturday, February 22, 2014

The Grip Weeds

































Artist:   The Grip Weeds
Origin:  Highland Park, New Jersey, USA.
Genre:  Rock, Power Pop, Psychedelic Rock, Alternative Rock, Indie Rock, Folk Rock

Original line-up:

Rick Reil:  Guitar, Vocals
Kurt Reil:  Drums. Vocals
Jeff Surawski:  Bass
Tim Mesko:  Guitar, Vocals

The Grip Weeds are an American Rock Band from Highland Park, New Jersey, formed by brothers Rick Reil (Guitar) and Kurt Reil  (Drums), and Jeff Surawski (Bass), Tim Mesko (Guitar, Vocals), later The Reli Brothers are joined by Kristin Pinell (Guitar), and Michael Kelly (Bass), who are both of New York City's The Rooks.  Their music is often classified in the Power Pop, Garage Rock, Psychedelic Rock,  influences range from the British Invasion The Beatles, The Who, The Kinks, The Yardbirds to the Southern Californian Jingle Jangle Music of The Byrds, and Buffalo Springfield.














Title:  Inner Grooves  (2013)
Genre:  Rock, Power Pop, Psychedelic Rock, Alternative Rock, Indie Rock, Folk Rock
Label:   Ground Up Records
Rating:   *****

Tracks:  

 1.  Rainy Day #1&2  (3:29)
 2.  Nothing Lasts  (3:43)
 3.  Every Minute (Acoustic Version) (3:24)
 4.  Over The Edge  (2:04)
 5.  She Don't Care About Time  (2:28)
 6.  Love's Lost On You (Alternate Version) (3:59)
 7.  It'll Never Be Me  (3:24)
 8.  In Walking Dreams (First Version) (4:08)
 9. Sight Unseen (Acoustic Mix)  (3:46)
10. We're Not Getting Through (Single Version)  (2:58)
11. Sun Ra Ga  (11:30)

Personnel: 

Rick Reil:  Guitar, Vocals
Kurt Reil:  Drums. Vocals
Kristin Pinell:  Guitar, Vocals
Michael Kelly:  Bass

Inner Grooves is a collection of rare and under-released tracks, by The Grip Weeds, was released on November 19, 2013 by Ground Up Records.  The album sound is a bit of The Byrds, The Kinks, and The Who and quite cool!.

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