The Plimsouls

Formed in Los Angeles in 1978, the Plimsouls merged roots, retro and guitar rock with a ramshackle punk aesthetic. At a time when rock music was shifting gears, the Plimsouls' brand of soul-punk (a modern take on '60s soul, British Invasion and garage rock sounds) fit right in with the '80s post-punk American guitar band movement. Known for their kinetic live performances, the Plimsouls had an exceptional frontman in singer/songwriter Peter Case whose membership in the legendary punk-pop Nerves, whose "Hanging on the Telephone" Blondie had taken to the charts, the Plimsouls were expected to become a very big deal. After recording one EP, Zero Hour in 1980, and a self-titled album in 1981 that contained the now classic power pop anthems "Zero Hour" and "Hush, Hush," the group self-financed a single, "A Million Miles Away." The jangling guitar song was picked up by influential FM station KROQ and thanks to trend-setting DJ Rodney Bingenheimer, the song became a local smash, catapulting the Plimsouls toward wider recognition. The Plimsouls were in the right place and time (Los Angeles just after the Knack took skinny-tie power pop national) to score a major record deal almost immediately. Sadly, the anti-Knack backlash took down the entire L.A. power pop scene almost overnight, and their self-titled debut disappeared immediately. The excellent Rhino reissue The Plimsouls...Plus collects that album, the rare Zero Hour EP, a handful of b-sides including an early version of Everywhere At Once's stellar "How Long Will It Take?" and an excellent previously unreleased tune called "Memory." Case's rough-edged songs and the band's noisy performances are almost unbearably exciting, and this is a true power pop classic.

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The Plimsouls; The Plimsouls…Plus

1.      Lost Time

2.      Now

3.      In This Town

4.      Zero Hour

5.      Women

6.      Hush Hush

7.      I Want What You Got

8.      Nickels And Dimes

9.      I Want You Back

10.   Mini-Skirt Minnie

11.   Everyday Things

12.   Memory

13.   Dizzy Miss Lizzie

14.   Great Big World

15.   Zero Hour (Original Version)

16.   Hypnotised

17.   How Long Will It Take

18.   I Can’t Turn You Lose

19.   When You Find Out

20.   Hush Hush (Live)