The Seeds – THE SEEDS**

Can’t Seem To Make You Mine/No Escape/Lose Your Mind/Evil Hoodoo/Girl I Want You/Pushin’ Too Hard/Try To Understand/Nobody Spoil My Fun/Its A Hard Life/You Can’t Be Trusted/Excuse Excuse/Fall In Love

The self titled debut album from the Los Angeles band The Seeds who enjoyed cult status in the mid sixties with their brand of raw garage rock, mixed with some psychedelic elements. (US:132)

“The Seeds self-titled debut is a really nice package of garage rock which is spiced up with psychedelic elements. I really like how some of these songs are so raw and melodic at the same time. That cool, a bit echoing guitar, and those keyboards are also big boosts to make the band sound very unique.”

“A nice garage album but it suffers from all of it sounding somewhat the same. I realize great dynamics and a wide palette were not The Seeds strength. A fun listen, though not quiet essential.”

“The Seeds have a unique sound. They were different to most garage bands of the time. Sure every song has two chords but, Saxon's nasal voice and Hooper's cheesy organ give them a zany trademark style. Most of the tunes on this record are not great, although quite often humorous. In some ways they are an over the top parody of The Stones.”

“The Seeds were seminal garage punk for the teenagers that danced and sang to the pounding beat and lyrics that were angry, anxious and eager.” “The Seeds have one great song. That's it. Everything else is a variation of it. Also, Sky Saxon is perhaps the most undistinguished vocalist coming out of the garage.”

“It is obvious that the musicianship was marginal at best but for this type of music, who cares? Despite this, they worked well as a team and came out with some crude gems that are still enjoyable today.”

“You rarely hear them mentioned anymore, but these guys were way ahead of their time. There music is timeless in that it sounds both ancient and futuristic at the same time. It hooks you in and holds your head underwater until you wake up in another world of haunting landscapes, filled with shattered hearts and brains throbbing with psychic pain.”