With vocalist/guitarist Jeff Burke leaving the band, Ghosts will almost certainly be the final album from the Denton, Texas band Marked Men. It is the first record I’ve heard from them and it has me digging around for more. Marked Men play garage-influenced pop-punk rock-n-roll, which errs to the side of pop-punk I’m not a huge fan of but this is still pretty good. Just imagine the edgy speed-jangle of what Buddy Holly on methamphetamine might sound like or (for something a little more succinct) perhaps a little like less razor-sharp incarnation of Teenage Bottlerocket. There is definitely something a bit nostalgic about pop-punk like this that makes me think of poodle skirts, milkshakes, and sock hops. All the songs on Ghosts are over almost as fast as they begin and then it’s on to the next one. There seems to be some sort of urgency here that is perfectly conveyed by the quickly strummed rhythm guitar that propels each song forward and makes me want to tap my toes or pogo around. I also have to mention that the cover art for this album is terrible. C’mon guys, if I was browsing in a record store, I’d pass on this every time based on the cover alone.
MP3 | Marked Men – Fortune Ghosts
MP3 | Marked Men – Shaky Ground Ghosts
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their other 3 lps are better than this, so you should be in for a treat if you get their other stuff.