let's pretend records Archives - Vinyl From The Vault https://vinylfromthevault.com/tag/lets-pretend-records/ Mon, 09 Mar 2026 18:33:50 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 198238920 Vacation “Vacation” https://vinylfromthevault.com/vacation-vacation/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=vacation-vacation Mon, 09 Mar 2026 18:30:05 +0000 https://vinylfromthevault.com/?p=16711 Vacation "Vacation" 2011. Let's Pretend Records, the debut LP from Cincinnati garage rockers. I've been holding onto this record for a bit now in hopes that Vacation would be swinging back through Milwaukee for a show. I think the last time they were here was a couple of years ago, maybe for my pal Claire's [...]

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]]> Vacation “Vacation” 2011. Let’s Pretend Records, the debut LP from Cincinnati garage rockers. I’ve been holding onto this record for a bit now in hopes that Vacation would be swinging back through Milwaukee for a show. I think the last time they were here was a couple of years ago, maybe for my pal Claire’s birthday, and looking at their Bandcamp page (if it’s up-to-date) they haven’t been out on tour for almost 2 years. Their live performances are wild and dynamic, body-tossing energy abounds. Vacation is noisy, buzzy and highly bop-able – they definitely have some pop sensibilities behind the fuzz. “People Watching” is one of the more pop-forward on Vacation. My top pick is the ass-shaking “Co-Workers.” I also like the gritty “Bleach Buzz,” the lo-fi garage-thundering “Cop Knock” and the frenetic “Sun and Moon.”

There isn’t a lot out there video-wise (though their name is pretty difficult for googling) but here is a live performance from 2011 of what I’m fairly certain is the track “Christopher Columbus Was Not a Hero” off of Vacation.

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]]> 16711 Service “Drag Me” https://vinylfromthevault.com/service-drag-me/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=service-drag-me Wed, 20 Apr 2022 18:24:59 +0000 https://vinylfromthevault.com/?p=14622 Service "Drag Me" 2022. Let's Pretend Records. Very limited edition (300 copies). My most anticipated debut album ever - I've been waiting for an album from Service since 2017 when we saw one of their first shows in Indianapolis. Service at Hi Fi Indy, Indianapolis, May 26th 2017 Service, based out of Indianapolis, [...]

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]]> Service “Drag Me” 2022. Let’s Pretend Records. Very limited edition (300 copies). My most anticipated debut album ever – I’ve been waiting for an album from Service since 2017 when we saw one of their first shows in Indianapolis.

Service at Hi Fi Indy, Indianapolis, May 26th 2017

Service, based out of Indianapolis, are “post-punk then punk again” and boast an incredible lineup: Russell Simins (Jon Spencer Blues Explosion) on drums mainly, plus guitar and synths, Jilly Weiss Simins (We Are Hex) on powerhouse vocals, Mitch Geisinger (Shpazz) on guitar, John Zeps (Transgression) on bass, and Sharlene Birdsong (Thee Tsunamis) on synths and guitar.

The music is tense, dark and momentously guitar-rock noisy with just enough pop sensibility to make most of the tracks head-banging and/or ass-shaking. Though it’s been almost three years since we’ve seen them play live, I am pretty sure that many of the songs they performed in Milwaukee in 2019 are on Drag Me.

Service at Bay View Bash, September 21st, 2019

Service at Bay View Bash, September 21st, 2019

Service at Cactus Club, October 12th, 2019

Drag Me was originally slated for release back around 2018 or 2019 with the announcement of the lead single “Hey” (one of my top picks on the LP). Then in May of 2021 there was another tease of the record coming in the Fall of 2021. But I’m guessing life plus a pandemic and vinyl supply chain issue delayed it til now. Besides “Hey,” I also really love punk howler “Who Are You Anyway?,” the gothically creepy “Two Gurus in Drag” and the crazed organ of “June and Johnny.” Drag Me officially releases on May 7th with their record release show at Square Cat Vinyl in Indianapolis, a great little record store that we’ve been to numerous times for Romanus Fest.

 

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