Boxy And Foxy

Tractor Flip, Danbury CT 10/07
(photo swiped from Tractor Flip myspace)
The first two records I tried to rip today both had skips in 'em, and then I started ripping a Tight Bros record but I just wasn't into it. Fuckit, Tractor Flip rock harder than Tight Bros, anyway. "Boxy & Foxy" sounds like Skynard's "Gimmie Three Steps" if you shoved it down Buck Dharma's throat and it came back out sideways.

"Sounds like: The last time you did a powerslide down a flight of stairs and liked it/ That time you noticed the rhythm of the lines on the highway as you rolled in your freshly waxed ride/ Bears decending from the hill into the town below, armed to the teeth and ready to spill your blood"

Tractor Flip -

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"Boxy & Foxy"


(This file was a little too quiet, I've made it louder now. B.Ö.C. to the max!)

Pull Out The Pin And Throw

If these guys ever put out a record, it would be the greatest thing ever. Think your scene has bands that are better than this? Not even close.

This one's for Greg. Merry Christmas!


Tractor Flip -

"Pull Out The Pin and Throw"

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(Graphic and photo swiped from Tractor Flip myspace.
I don't know who did 'em)

Down At The Station We've Got Something To Show You

There's still about a half-dozen bands in this state that I haven't gotten around to writing about yet, either because they haven't bothered to get out and play a gig lately or I've been too lazy to drag my ass to one of their shows, and Tractor Flip are one of those bands. I just missed catching them twice last month-- once because they played Safe To Swim Weekend on the day I didn't go, and another time because I showed up too late when they opened for Monotonix and I missed their set (who goes on before 10pm on a Saturday, anyway?).

"I've been waiting too long to die young... I don't know what's taking you so long."-- Tractor Flip, "LOTS"

Whatever my problem is, these three Tractor Flip songs are so chock full of power and Wäntage-ready Fireballs of Freedom/Tombstone Minds-type swagger that I'm gonna say "fuckit" and post them now, even if I haven't seen their live show yet to give them the full-on stamp of approval. Rawness is not an issue and the execution and delivery are miles ahead of everyone else, so when you listen to "Bearorism" you just know he's gonna say "Oh yeah, bitch!" before he even says it, but it still sounds cool anyway.

With someone out there willing this would make one kick-ass EP, but instead we'll probably just get another damn Estrogen Highs single, in which case see if I care.


"We've been rocking since the beginning of time and will be after you all die."

Tractor Flip -

"Somethin' To Say"

"Bearorism"

"LOTS"

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(Tractor Flip photo by Mike Marques, he does awesome shit)