TOO MANY BEET PUNS, ONE GOOD BAND

By JOEL WRIGHT

sexbeetEver since I went to Russia I've been super keen on beets. They put it in their awesome traditional borscht soup and in their weirdly heavy but supremely tasty mayonnaise and smoked fish salads. It's also good for the heart. So when I started seeing bands named after the prince of root vegetables, I was strangely hyped (yeah, I know it's lame). This was until my naive illusions were shattered as I came to realize New York band the Beets and London/Leicester-based Sex Beet names were probably just cheap puns on the Beatles and that Gun Club song, respectively. Anyway, as the Beets is the lamer of the two puns, I will talk about Sex Beet. They are loud, twangy, snotty and quite brilliant--like Coachwhips given a surf rock makeover by Lux Interior. The French already love them, having invited them to tour there twice. Now the UK should stop being bastards and do the same. Watch and listen and decide for yourself beneath. The "She Don't Surf'" EP is out now on A Fistful of Records and further releases on Holy Twist and Coldrice are forthcoming. Sex Beet - "Scarecrow"

JOEL WRIGHT
By JOEL WRIGHT 2 years ago

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