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Austin, United States (2003 – present)

Austin, TX’s The Strange Boys evoke a wild-eyed, porcelain-skinned innocence that is capable of summoning the wayward spirit of Brian Jones. The mystery of the South couples with the mastery of rhythm to create a sound completely timeless and familiar, yet absolutely raw and avant-garde. Greg Enlow’s syncopated, organ-driven grooves hark back to The Seeds’ Pushing Too Hard while guitarist Ryan Sambol’s voice wavers beyond comparison. Older brother Philip Sambol keeps the pulse with the aptly named Matt Hammer, who unmercifully pounds an old Ludwig set.

The Strange Boys began as a duo (Hammer and the younger Sambol) in 2003. The other two joined in 2005 and the band has been on tour non-stop ever since. Since 2003 the Boys have recorded a wealth of material which was passed around at shows and to friends, but never officially released. In 2007, Dusty Medical Records put out the Nothing EP, and in 2008, In The Red released the

Woe Is You And Me single. Now, finally, the band’s proper debut album is seeing the light of day. It’s easy to imagine The Strange Boys and Girls Club, a sixteen-track beast, blasting out of any stereo system between The Psychedelic Sounds of The 13th Floor Elevators and Wire’s Pink Flag.

The Strange Boys were the backing band for Mighty Hannibal (the ’50s R&B recording artist); were main support for Roky Erickson and The Explosives at the Chaos in Tejas festival; have played South by Southwest the last four years, the Fuck Yeah Fest the last three years, Austin City Limits, Festival in Music Fest Northwest, and Bamalama (all in 2008); shared bills with Daniel Johnston

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1	Woe Is You And Me full track	185
2	Heard You Wanna Beat Me Up full track	169
3	Should Have Shot Paul full track	163
4	This Girl Taught Me A Dance full track	162
5	MLKs full track	152
6	They're Building the Death Camps full track	150
7	Poem Party full track	143
8	No Way For A Slave To Behave full track	123
9	To Turn A Tune Or Two full track	113
10	For Lack Of A Better Face full track	112
11	Probation Blues full track	101
12	A Man You've Never Known full track	95
13	Most Things full track	88
14	Then full track	86
15	Who Needs Who More full track	84

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mangydangle wrote:
16 days ago

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veelentina wrote:
16 days ago

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seanfindley wrote:
20 days ago

does anyone have a good mp3 of be brave? i have a shitty ripped one im willing to send if you message me your email.

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willywonka091 wrote:
26 days ago

this or smith westerns' lp for best of 09?! it comes really fucking close for me.

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Fo0dNippl3 wrote:
last month

Saw them open for Julian Casablancas. Awesome band.

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HeyImLost wrote:
last month

i possibly died a little bit when i heard woe is you and me thats how delicious it was

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jacobthebruce wrote:
last month

be brave is really good.

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bexestabueno wrote:
last month

ace. thumbs up.

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seanfindley wrote:
last month

new song on their myspace

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secretpassage wrote:
last month

i'm in trouble with another man

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juizyyy wrote:
October 2009

great

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APandaNamedMica wrote:
October 2009

So awesome. So incredibly awesome

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iouaywe wrote:
October 2009

i've just become a fan. these strange boys have a lot of talent, i hope they stick together

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anna_c_robbiati wrote:
October 2009

hey!check out http://www.themistakenpress.blogspot.com - albums and concerts reviews, photos, music videos, interview and more.thanks!

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Waqcku wrote:
September 2009

true but the CD is so ugly i bought it and the cover is dumb and the liner is boring (just black & white text) but yeh you should totally buy it cause i want them to get really rich so they can tour the pacific northwest.

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tomfastic4 wrote:
September 2009

waqcku... agreed. by far best album. by for best new band too. HIGHLY RECOMMEND. by the by all music listeners. plz dont download this music. unless you plan on buying it. because the lyrics come with the cd/lp. and the lyrics ARE AWESOME

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Waqcku wrote:
September 2009

still easily best album of the year

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Revival_Records wrote:
September 2009

Reminds me of raw early Mod stuff - I like it. Oh, and Babyshambles? No. That's just silly.

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BastWilliams wrote:
September 2009

Who are the Babyshambles? You don`t know what you´re writing!

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willywonka091 wrote:
September 2009

thought this would suck, it rules.

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Feb 19 The Strange Boys Emo's, Austin TX, United States
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