Gee Tee: Death Race 7″

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Alright, its time for a pop quiz ya stinkin Melvin. You know whats the square root of nine? Of course you do, youre a stinkin Melvin. Okay, what about the square root of, I dunno, 27? Mm. Dont even know if you actually got the right answer to that one since, yknow, not the stinkin Melvin here, but it doesnt surprise me you got that one down to the decimal point. It also wouldnt surprise me if you didnt know the answer to THIS little question: whats the square root of fuckincool?GEE TEE, thats what. Doubt you really know what a GT is to begin with, but trust thatGee Teeis completely faithful to its automotive counterpart — well, sans all the raw horsepower, superb handling, high gas mileage and other car-specific characteristics, but at the very least,Gee Tees sure as hells got a similar sense of flamboyant, shameless style that positively oozes charisma. Originally conceived as a solo-project by Gold Coasts Kel Mason (member of an equally-extraordinary rock band,Draggs),Gee Tees Death Race EP is the total antithesis of its title. For a death race, simple-minded listeners couldnt feel more enlivened by Kels goofy, lighthearted brand of synth-infused, surfy garage rock lined with an ear-pleasing arrangement of mechanical whirls, buoyant keytones, alien-like vocal distortions, and of course, spindly, simplistic chords emanating from a guitar most assuredly decorated in allsortsof sweet flame decals. What derives from this unorthodox assemblage of instruments is something of an otherworldly-orchestra, a perky, lo-fi charade thats more incapably delightful than it is confusing or overwhelming — a near-perfect mix of ideas.Gee Tees Death Race does enough to stray from the bands two original EPs, being a unique, spacey venture in the vein of the most infectious of garage rock bands, while remaining pleasantly digestible to satisfy even the least adventurous of listeners. Or, in other words, its the square root of fuckin cool.