I'll be the first to admit that I didn't do the best job of keeping up with Malibu Lou's multitude of releases last year. Counting digital-only releases, he put out over 30 titles in 2018 alone! That's a lot of moving and shaking! I feel like he's reached the point where he may need to move Rum Bar HQ into a multi-story office building. I'm envisioning something like the Capitol Records Building, but with colder weather and a much better drink menu. Anyhoo, the label's 2019 winter sampler compiles 19 tracks from 19 Rum Bar artists. Most of these tracks are taken from existing Rum Bar releases, and a few are from forthcoming releases (I gotta tell you that the Brad Marino solo album is gonna have you all jumping for joy. It's sooooooo good!). The sampler is a free download from Bandcamp, or you can buy a hard copy on CD for five bucks. Either way, it's a sweet deal. You get ace tracks from artists I've touted before (The Cheap Cassettes, The Peawees, Justine and the Unclean, Indonesian Junk, Watts) plus many more from bands I'm just discovering myself. "The Next One", a teaser track for the upcoming Cromm Fallon solo album, has me really looking forward to that particular release. Tad Overbaugh and the Late Arrivals make a fine addition to the growing heartland rock wing of the Rum Bar roster. "Good Enough" finds veteran garage rockers Muck and the Mire flirting heavily with power pop.
Covering styles ranging from garage to punk to glam to Americana to psychedelic rock to swamp-pop, the Rum Bar Records Winter 2019 Label Sampler is a great way to familiarize yourself with one of the best record labels out there. And if you like what you hear, more from all of these artists can be obtained at the Rum Bar Bandcamp. Now can winter please be over?!
-L.R.
https://rumbarrecords.bandcamp.com/album/rum-bar-records-winter-2019-label-sampler
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