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Hunx And His Punx - Gay Singles In Stores June 29th
Hunx and His Punx is the homoerotic vision of San Francisco-based performer / personality Hunx, aka Seth Bogart.
“Gay Singles” compiles all the songs from 5 of his now sold-out singles, released between 2008 and 2009, with a bonus track. The initial singles were released, and then quickly disappeared into the vacuum chamber of eBay speculation.
The first pressing of the LP is also now gone into a similar collector’s wormhole, but we’re now proud to share a full and widely available CD release of “Gay Singles” with the world. And it’s about time.
The music is amazing, at once hilarious and deeply good pop songs, like the Gay Ramones mixed with Ronnettes filmed by John Waters.
The music pays homage to his varied influences (The Ronettes, The Ramones, Al Pacino’s “Cruising”). Hunx’s unique style defies genres and serves up equal helpings of 60’s girl group, bubblegum pop, and new wave, with all of the hallmarks of the Bay Area garage rock scene Seth emerged from.
Hunx And His Punx will be in Canada with Austin-based Harlem (Matador Records) for a show in Vancouver July 3 (Venue)
Visit www.myspace.com/hunxsolo for the latest tour information.
For video and music, check out the re-vamped www.truepanthersounds.com
“Perhaps you recognize Seth from his very naked appearance in the “hardcore” version of his labelmates Girls’ “Lust For Life” video (but) the outrageously tarty presentation plus faux naïve musical content highlights a winning group of influences— John Waters, the Shangri-Las, the Ramones— and the collection is surprisingly cohesive for a singles compilation.” – Pitchfork 7.6
“The rebirth of US indie rock. Essential track: ‘U Don’t Like Rock’n‘Roll’ (featuring such lyrical backhanders as ‘You like Morrissey/You like U2/What the fuck is wrong with you’).” – NME
“San Francisco’s Hunx and His Punx (comprised of members from NoBunny and Gravy Train) emulates the Twist rhythms and Buddy Holly backbeats of early rock ‘n’ roll, and succeeds in merging these classic idiosyncrasies with whiny and scrappy power pop.” – Daily Loaf
“San Francisco’s Hunx and his Punx (one of whom is Justin “Nobunny” & another of former Gravy Train!!!!) have injected humor, imagination and fun into their prodigious multimedia output.” – LastFM
“But behind all the debauchery, there’s some damn fine rock ’n roll.” – Paste
The seeds for Hunx and His Punx were planted when Seth’s friend Nobunny, wrote a batch of songs with the intention of starting a Runaways-esque band made up of high school girls. “That’s why all those songs are about boys and stuff,” Hunx says. “But then, he was, like, too creepy or something and couldn’t find any girls.” Seth moved on, adding his own songs and lyrics to the collection. While the songs carry their own weight, Seth’s voice is the star. His voice is awesome- a nasally seductive
combination of a whine and a croon that colours the Gay Singles’ vivid stories.
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