Birth Defects (ex-Thee Oh Sees) releasing their debut album on Wavves' label, produced by Ty Segall (listen to it)

by Andrew Sacher

Thee Oh Sees have a new killer lineup (which is touring soon), but their old lineup was killer too, so it’s exciting to see former guitarist Petey Dammit is in a new band, LA’s Birth Defects. The band is fronted by Jason Finazzo and also features former Bleached drummer Jon Safley. They hooked up with Ty Segall to produce their eight-song debut LP, First 8 Mistakes, and they’re releasing it this week on Wavves frontman Nathan Williams’ label Ghost Ramp. So it’s safe to say they’re in good company.

The album is garage punk that very much leans on the “punk” side of that spectrum, thanks in no small part to Jason’s throat-shredding vocals. It sounds like the work of a band raised equally on ’80s California hardcore and The Stooges, but it’s not really a retread of either one. Stream the whole album (via The FADER) and watch the video for “Party Suicide” below…

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