Lullabies Help The Brain Grow

Independent shop in BallardDirections

Available from Light in the Attic Records when we last checked, in the last two days. Sold from the shop’s own store; the price there is the one that counts.

They’ve long done things differently in Austin, Texas, and the take on hardcore pioneered by one of the city’s sons, Big Boys, in the early 80s was no exception. Where peers Scratch Acid, The Dicks, and MDC pursued hardcore or art-punk angularity, Big Boys were mixing furious hardcore with loose-limbed funk and tight pop, all the while penning lyrics that struck a blend between punk ideology, angsty alienation, and goofy humor. It was delivered via 7”s, EPs, a split LP, compilations, three studi