First release from the seminal LA band released on their own Happy Squid label in '79. I first heard about these guys via the Minutemen's version of Ack, Ack, Ack, and a great track on the Homestead Human Music comp, but it was years before I was able to track down any of their albums proper. Started in a dorm room in 1978, these guys took punk primitivism to an extreme. Their songs usually clocked in at under two minutes and rarely consisted of more than a single chord or two. They were barley competent on their instruments and their setup was so stripped down that initially the bass and guitar were run through the same amplifier while the drummer banged away incoherently on a toy drum set. But damn did it sound good. Eventually they learned to play their instruments and adopted a sound that was something like a lighter Mission of Burma or Wire c.Pink Flag and changed their name to 100 Flowers (which was still great, btw). But man, there's just a real charm to these early Urinals records. This stuff sits very comfortably with a lot of the stuff on those messthetics comps which is, of course, a compliment of the hightest order.
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