Lower East Side Stitches
Staja98L.E.S. (NG)
by Scott Hefflon
Before you ask, I have no clue what the title is supposed to mean. L.E.S. Stitches are a punk rock band, dig? They get props from Rancid, Ramones, not to mention the people who really matter, the kids. Produced by Daniel Rey (Ramones, The Dictators, etc.), this record has a real street-level sound that fits their gritty, NYC old school style. Unlike many a pretty-sounding punkpop record released these days, L.E.S. Stitches is New York grime and decadence through and through. The word catchy comes into play here, but more in a Dead Boys way than a Lagwagon way.
(61 Van Dam St. 2nd Fl. New York, NY 10013)