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I’ve had the Reigning Sound's second album, Time Bomb High School, sometime now, but am just now getting around to writing about it. I think it came out summer of 2002 on In the Red Records. I can’t tell you why, but I’ve got this fetish with anything Greg Cartwright does, or is around. One thing I found weird about the album, as opposed to the gamblers (Compulsive Gamblers, Greg’s band post and pre-Oblivians) stuff, is side “a” is the slower side, where, take for instance, the “bluff city” record by the Gamblers on sympathy, is way upbeat on side “a”, and side “b” is almost an acquired taste because it slows down so much.
CD Track listing (different from vinyl listing):
01 Stormy Weather
02 Straight Shooter
03 You're Not As Pretty
04 Brown Paper Sack
05 Wait And See
06 I Walk By Your House
07 Time Bomb High School
08 I Don't Believe
09 She's Bored With You
10 Reptile Smile
11 I'm Holding Out
12 I Don't Know How To Tell You
13 Dressy
14 I'd Much Rather Be With The Boys
15 You're So Strange
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No problem though, the songs are all good, a nice mix of qua country and melancholy ballads which totally smack of the Gamblers, though Greg’s voice is way more mature and the lyricism is much better. There is a little more production work, and the mixes are soo good. There are a handful of really fun covers, my favorites being: “I’d much rather be with the boys” by the Stones, and “stormy weather” by Harold Arlen and Ted Kohler which was pretty much covered by every big band ever. I totally forgot to talk about side two, which starts of with “Stormy Weather,” and keeps rockin to the diddley beat right to the end. My fav of the originals is “Straight Shooter.” Mmm it rocks so good. The tambourine is definitely the greatest member of this band. So many times I wonder how these guys do it. I mean they way they put this shit down puts me in mind of all those good ole rock’n’roll bands of yore. And nothing I hear anywhere else can do that. Definitely pick this one up. Any fan of the oblivians or early garage rock, or even the whole garage rock revival would definitely be interested in this record, and definitely check out the first album these guys put out, it’s on Sympathy for the Record Industry, and it’s called “Break Up…Break Down,” but be warned it’s pretty slow moving, still good, but slow. I think if there were one band that I would say has the right idea, it’s these guys. To me, this band seems like the culmination of Greg Cartwright’s efforts as a musician; until he starts a new band that is.
-Brigham Vicious 01/30/04
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