JACK OBLIVIAN THE DREAM KILLERS - Lost Weekend LP

Among the audiophile set, the term “lo-fi” is cause for many to run for the hills. Having grown up on a steady diet of 1960s garage rock, I have no such qualms with this great album from former Oblivians member Jack Oblivian. So with that in mind, I welcome ‘Lost Weekend’, an LP from Jack Oblivian & the Dream Killers that combines a punk approach to musicianship, a primitive recording aesthetic, and an attitude toward session that I daresay Alex Chilton might have enjoyed in his ‘Like Flies On Sherbert’ days. Moreover, the tunes are all compact: only two break the four-minute limit and all pack quite the punch.