Our second LP “Slimephone Surveillance” has been out for about six months now and we’ve been a little lax on sharing reviews, so here are a couple recent ones from long standing + highly influential punk magazine
@maxrnr and another from the defining cultural voice for our home state of Iowa
@littlevillagemag .
“Conceptually, Slimephone Surveillance delivers a timely warning around technology surveillance, ill intentions and a general bitterness towards a fraught political climate — all packaged in throwback, greasy garage punk. As bone-chilling as it is hypnotic, the long-standing Iowa trio knows how to write a cohesive, catchy chorus. Wheeler is accompanied by a healthy dose of entrancing basslines from Jill McLain-Mesiter and barreling beats from drummer Hutch.
But where a lesser group’s pursuit of earworms might result in sanded down cotton candy radio-pop songs, these songs are of a slimey variety. They carry all the same mechanisms of a catchy melody, but they deliver said melody by burrowing into your brain, seeping into its labyrinth like a wad of gum in the tread of a shoe, or the chasms of a world physically cracking from corporate greed.
The fully realized and matured Slimephone Surveillance careens and crowd-surfs through 20 minutes of sonically scorched earth.” -
@elisabethoster @littlevillagemag
“With their goofy name and Rod Farva-esque drummer, GREG WHEELER AND THE POLY MALL COPS could easily have been another wacky garage knockoff. Instead, these innovative Iowans use the chicanery as a fun front for their layered and entertaining music, and this second LP demonstrates a smooth evolution to their subtly surfy sci-fi sound. It’s got a winning combination of classic candy riffs, buzzing energy, and infectious melody, but there’s also a tinge of chill early 2010s style like JACUZZI BOYS and WAVVES, which is another agreeable flavor. By the time we reach the closing “Your Quiet Charm,” the tide has turned entirely, leaving us with a sickly-sweet synth/acoustic indie ballad as a final surprise.” - Jason Harding
@maxrnr
“Slimephone Surveillance” is available on vinyl from
@highdiverecords and wherever you stream music.
📸:
@ras_visual 
