Fuck

Fuck.

Today I will review a fucking cover album. The Condo Fucks - Fuckbook, is a collection of covers performed by fucking Yo La Tengo. For those not in the know, Yo La Tengo has a fucking immense repertoire of covers. I recently saw these fucks at the 400 bar in Minneapolis. Fucking amazing. They have this fucking Wheel of Fortune device that they use to decide what show they will be performing that night. They call up some lucky fuck from the audience to spin it, and they play whatever the fuck comes up. One of the selections, The Condo Fucks, is the moniker they perform under as a cover band. I was fucking hoping it would come up at the show, but alas it did not. Regardless, they are incomper-fucking-able live. I had a socially awkward penguin moment after the fucking show as Ira left the stage and meandered toward the restroom.

Me: (not verbatim) Oh hey Ira, can I hold up your fucking piss for a moment? Great fucking show, man.

Ira: Still slowly moving toward the fucking bathroom Thanks, man.

The Condo Fucks - Fuckbook

http://www.discogs.com/Condo-Fucks-Fuckbook/release/1694656

(Insert picture here, sorry my dumb fucking ass left the camera on all night)

Matador released this fuckspin of a record in 2009. The fucking thing is only $10, Matador's "Low Price Guarantee." How can you pass that the fuck up? The packaging is fucking sweet; the front jacket displays "Condo Fucks" and "Fuckbook", they appear to be shitily taped to a fucked up yellow wall. The back of the jacket lists a bunch of fake Condo Fucks albums, and also features a fake letter from the biggest fuck in congress - Joe Fucking Lieberman. It is all presented in a fuax fifties style, fucking sweet.

The pressing sounds really fucking good, but the limitations of the source tape are definitely revealed. Not to say that is a bad thing, this album is fucking gritty. It sounds like these fucks set up an eight track in the garage and banged out the record in under an hour. One fucking take.

Fucking Side A rocks out a couple awesome Beach Boys covers, a two part Shut Down. They end this half with a Fucking Troggs cover. You can hear Ira fuck up a couple times throughout the album, but I think it just adds to the fucking rawness.

Side B does not fucking dissapoint. It begins with some fucking obscure shit, The Kid With the Replaceable Head by Richard Hell and the Voidods. No fucking clue who they are, but I'll have to check them out, the track is fucking killer. Come On Up - The Young Rascals, fucking rocks as well, it it straight fucking punk. The album concludes with a fucking Slade cover, SLADE. Gudbuy T'Jane really fucking shines. It's great to hear Ira really bust out some fucking vocals, as opposed to the more restrained approach of Yo La Tengo.

Ten fucking dollars. Just buy the fucking thing, you won't regret it. Skip your fucking Chipotle fucking burrito next week. Really it's only ten bucks, what the fuck better are you gonna do with ten bucks?