Nitro Records has made a bunch of excellent signings of late, and The Turbo ACs is one of them. This is actually the bands third major release, and the band’s Nitro debut.
The first thing you’ll notice is the cover. Ladies may look away with disgust, while the guys will no doubt be drooling. While I know for a fact that this zine has a high percentage of female readers, I will cut to commercial comments and not personal. I think the reasoning for this cover is an attention getter. Sure enough, its a smart marketing technique (if this was even their intention, I have no idea myself). To make the point, look right here…..I myself am devoting a whole paragraph to the cover!
Anyways, back to the music. Just like any book, you can’t judge something by its cover. After hearing this a few times, I immediately connected with the album. This band is all about good times and fun. All songs are super catchy and nicely put together. The album is produced by Roger Miret (front man for Agnostic Front). Because of his production, dirty guitars and rich bass round out the album. The tempo is always kept high and energized.
The singer for the Turbo ACs (Kevin) sounds at times like Joe Escalante from the Vandals. He doesn’t just kind sound like him, he really, really sounds like him. It is utterly scary and amazing, both at the same time, how much he sounds like him. Whenever I’m listing to “Fuel For Life”, I always have to block out of my head that I’m listening to Turbo ACs, and not the Vandals.
I really enjoyed the new album by these guys, and from the looks of it it so far, so do allot of the critics. The musical foundation is one of excitement and high pctave fun. Looking for fun band, thats more up tempo then of the sappy bands out there today? Look no further than The Tubro ACs.