Sub Pop
2009
I Blame You
About This Album
As the new millennium loomed, the Dictators posed the musical question "Who will save rock & roll?" and it seems like plenty of folks are still searching for an answer to that particular puzzle. In the early months of 2008, a handful of fans placed their hopes in the Obits, a new band featuring some guys who'd launched worthy campaigns on rock's behalf in the past -- Rick Froberg (ex-Drive Like Jehu and Hot Snakes), Sohrab Habibion (formerly with Edsel) and Scott Gursky (who also plays with Shortstack). After playing a single gig in New York City, a bootlegged live tape of the Obits made its way onto the internet (as does everything these days) and before long seemingly every hipster blogger who still thrilled to the sound of electric guitars was talking up the new band, with Sub Pop getting excited enough to sign the Obits before they could even get around to self-releasing a single. Given the track record and the buzz that preceded the Obits' first album, one would have every right to be wary about 2009's "Next Great Thing," but if I Blame You isn't going redefine the way we look at rock & roll, it confirms that the word on these guys wasn't wrong -- the Obits are a very good band.
Track List (try tracks 1,2,3,4,7,9 and 11)

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