Maybe they don't dress quite as sharp as the Hives, or pose as well as the Strokes, or get worshiped by the British press quite like the White Stripes, but one spin of the Fleshtones' 2003 platter Do You Swing? proves that if you wanna get a rock & roll dance party started, Peter Zaremba and company are still your finest one-stop.
Do You Swing? Artist: The Fleshtones. Album: Do You Swing?, 2003.
The Fleshtones signed with Yep Roc Records in 2003, which has released the albums Do You Swing? (2003), Beachhead (2005), Take A Good Look (2008), Stocking Stuffer (2008), Brooklyn Sound Solution (2011), Wheel Of Talent (2014), and The Band Drinks For Free (2016), as well as the EP Quatro X Quatro (2012) and the compilation Budget Buster (2017). The album features 23 international bands (including Hoodoo Gurus, the Nomads with Handsome Dick Manitoba, the Slickee Boys, the Woggles, Snax, the Swingin' Neckbreakers, Richard Mazda, the Subway Surfers, the Insomniacs, and others) covering songs spanning the Fleshtones' career. A feature documentary directed by Geoffray Barbier, Pardon Us For Living, But The Graveyard Is Full, was released from Cold Cuts Productions in 2009.
Complete your The Fleshtones collection. Hard Lovin' Man. 2:43. Destination Greenpoint. Do You Swing? (CD, Album, Dig).
The Fleshtones - Do You Swing? 02:10. The Fleshtones - Hard Lovin' Man 02:43. The Fleshtones - Destination Greenpoint 01:59. The Fleshtones - One Four Five 01:47. The Fleshtones - Are You Ready for the Mountain? 02:36. The Fleshtones - Alright 02:02. The Fleshtones - I'm Back Again 02:38. The Fleshtones - Right on Woman 02:14. The Fleshtones - Headlock on My Heart 02:44. The Fleshtones - Good Enough for You 02:49. The Fleshtones - Double Dipper 02:28. The Fleshtones - Communication Breakdown 02:37.
Do You Swing? "Please retry". With garage bands, you're always wondering whether a new album by a new group will have the genuine spirit that the best garage does, or if it will be a fine imitation of the greats, just somehow without that je ne sais quoi. Well, the Fleshtones will slap your je ne sais right in it's quoi, and you'll be smiling right from the first tune. Whatever it is, they've got it. They were never imitators. They mixed garage with R&B, old soul and a bit of punk anarchy
