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Straitjackets, Los – Somos Los Straitjackets [Hypnowheel Picture Disc Vinyl] – New LPConstantly tagged with a surf music label, Los Straitjackets are better characterized as instrumental rock n roll, and have been since founders Danny Amis and Eddie Angel met and watched drummer Jimmy Lester play drums with Webb Wilder at a Nashville club. Their influences range from the double picking surf attack of Dick Dale, to the proto rock of Link Wray, the hooks of The Ventures, to the groove of Booker T. & The MGs, all played with an energy
Constantly tagged with a “surf music” label, Los Straitjackets are better characterized as “instrumental rock n’ roll,” and have been since founders Danny Amis and Eddie Angel met and watched drummer Jimmy Lester play drums with Webb Wilder at a Nashville club. Their influences range from the double-picking-surf-attack of Dick Dale, to the proto-rock of Link Wray, the hooks of The Ventures, to the groove of Booker T. & The MG’s, all played with an energy that acknowledges The Cramps and punk rock. And past the golden age of instrumentals of the 1960s, one could argue they have brought this music to more fans than any other band, having done it for more than 30 years.
They have taken their combo sound around the world, mostly making instrumental records, but also backing vocalists along the way, most notably for over a decade with Nick Lowe. It’s that collaboration that fuels this latest album, Somos Los Straitjackets. The lineup that has been touring since founder Danny Amis had to drop out of day-to-day operations because of his (winning) battle against multiple myeloma is Eddie Angel, longtime bassist Pete Curry, drummer Chris Sprague (The Sprague Brothers, Deke Dickerson) and Rochester guitar hero Greg Townson (The Hi-Risers, John Ellison). Playing hundreds of songs with and without Lowe, this four-piece has coalesced into an incredibly tight, rockin’ combo. “Playing behind a master like Nick Lowe makes you laser-focused on your playing. It has also made us very adept at coming up with twin guitar parts that complement each other,” says Eddie Angel. After recording with Lowe at Alex Hall’s Reliable Recorders, the band knew they had met the man who could capture the sound of this group. Angel elaborates, “We trusted Alex’s instincts and we were fans of some of the studio’s other outputs like JD McPherson and The Cactus Blossoms. The recording process we used this time was different. We got together numerous times at Pete Curry’s Powow Fun Room studio in LA to work up the songs, then we recorded demos to listen back to. Having some time to tweak the songs, and in some cases play them live, really helped when it came time to record.” They booked a session with Hall at bassist Pete Curry’s Marina Del Rey-adjacent studio, the Powow Fun Room, and followed up with a couple of sessions in Chicago. This list of songs built the first album of original material the band would record since Jet Set (2012). They worked on them at soundchecks and even peppered them into live sets. Somos is rounded out with two re-recordings of pandemic-era remote compositions (Townson’s “Genesee River Rock” and Angel’s “April Showers”) as well as revisiting “Spinout,” a track recorded by Eddie’s other band The Neanderthals (bolstered by guest vocals from voice-over king Tom Kenny).
From Townson’s thrilling “High Wire Act” to Angel’s down and dirty “Numbskull” to the beautiful “Polaris,” Somos Los Straitjackets pulsates with wit, twang and thunderous rock n’ roll. On “Cry for a Beatle,” drummer Chris Sprague strapped on a rickenbacker, Pete Curry moved to his original instrument (the drums!), and Eddie Angel picked up a bass. Paying explicit tribute to the combo sound of the Beatles and evoking The Fab Four’s nod to The Shadows (“Cry for a Shadow”), this song closes the circle. Somos Los Straitjackets demonstrates why Los Straitjackets have reigned as the kings of modern instrumental rock for over thirty years; with shimmering tremolo, relentless drum grooves, and hooks so catchy they don’t need lyrics to get stuck in your head. Produced with a vintage touch but packed with fresh intensity, Somos Los Straitjackets is both a love letter to rock and roll’s past and a declaration of purpose with feet firmly planted in the present: “We Are Los Straitjackets.”
They have taken their combo sound around the world, mostly making instrumental records, but also backing vocalists along the way, most notably for over a decade with Nick Lowe. It’s that collaboration that fuels this latest album, Somos Los Straitjackets. The lineup that has been touring since founder Danny Amis had to drop out of day-to-day operations because of his (winning) battle against multiple myeloma is Eddie Angel, longtime bassist Pete Curry, drummer Chris Sprague (The Sprague Brothers, Deke Dickerson) and Rochester guitar hero Greg Townson (The Hi-Risers, John Ellison). Playing hundreds of songs with and without Lowe, this four-piece has coalesced into an incredibly tight, rockin’ combo. “Playing behind a master like Nick Lowe makes you laser-focused on your playing. It has also made us very adept at coming up with twin guitar parts that complement each other,” says Eddie Angel. After recording with Lowe at Alex Hall’s Reliable Recorders, the band knew they had met the man who could capture the sound of this group. Angel elaborates, “We trusted Alex’s instincts and we were fans of some of the studio’s other outputs like JD McPherson and The Cactus Blossoms. The recording process we used this time was different. We got together numerous times at Pete Curry’s Powow Fun Room studio in LA to work up the songs, then we recorded demos to listen back to. Having some time to tweak the songs, and in some cases play them live, really helped when it came time to record.” They booked a session with Hall at bassist Pete Curry’s Marina Del Rey-adjacent studio, the Powow Fun Room, and followed up with a couple of sessions in Chicago. This list of songs built the first album of original material the band would record since Jet Set (2012). They worked on them at soundchecks and even peppered them into live sets. Somos is rounded out with two re-recordings of pandemic-era remote compositions (Townson’s “Genesee River Rock” and Angel’s “April Showers”) as well as revisiting “Spinout,” a track recorded by Eddie’s other band The Neanderthals (bolstered by guest vocals from voice-over king Tom Kenny).
From Townson’s thrilling “High Wire Act” to Angel’s down and dirty “Numbskull” to the beautiful “Polaris,” Somos Los Straitjackets pulsates with wit, twang and thunderous rock n’ roll. On “Cry for a Beatle,” drummer Chris Sprague strapped on a rickenbacker, Pete Curry moved to his original instrument (the drums!), and Eddie Angel picked up a bass. Paying explicit tribute to the combo sound of the Beatles and evoking The Fab Four’s nod to The Shadows (“Cry for a Shadow”), this song closes the circle. Somos Los Straitjackets demonstrates why Los Straitjackets have reigned as the kings of modern instrumental rock for over thirty years; with shimmering tremolo, relentless drum grooves, and hooks so catchy they don’t need lyrics to get stuck in your head. Produced with a vintage touch but packed with fresh intensity, Somos Los Straitjackets is both a love letter to rock and roll’s past and a declaration of purpose with feet firmly planted in the present: “We Are Los Straitjackets.”
released September 19, 2025
2025 Pacifica Music, LLC under exclusive license to Yep Roc, LLC.
Eddie Angel – Guitar (Bass on “Cry for a Beatle”)
Greg Townson – Guitar
Chris Sprague – Drums, Voices (Guitar on “Cry for a Beatle”)
Pete Curry – Bass (Drums on “Cry for a Beatle”)
With:
Simon Heeran – guitar on “April Showers,” “Virgon” and “Catalina Farewell”
Alex Hall – Vibes
Thanks to Gabrielle Sutton & Tom Kenny for additional voices
Produced by Los Straitjackets & Jake Guralnick
Recorded & Mixed by Alex Hall
Recorded at Reliable Recorders, Chicago, IL & PowWow Fun Room, Mar Vista, CA
Mixed at Reliable Recorders, Chicago, IL
2025 Pacifica Music, LLC under exclusive license to Yep Roc, LLC.
Eddie Angel – Guitar (Bass on “Cry for a Beatle”)
Greg Townson – Guitar
Chris Sprague – Drums, Voices (Guitar on “Cry for a Beatle”)
Pete Curry – Bass (Drums on “Cry for a Beatle”)
With:
Simon Heeran – guitar on “April Showers,” “Virgon” and “Catalina Farewell”
Alex Hall – Vibes
Thanks to Gabrielle Sutton & Tom Kenny for additional voices
Produced by Los Straitjackets & Jake Guralnick
Recorded & Mixed by Alex Hall
Recorded at Reliable Recorders, Chicago, IL & PowWow Fun Room, Mar Vista, CA
Mixed at Reliable Recorders, Chicago, IL
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★★★★★ 5
Healing & Understanding
Format: Paperback
We are living in a slave master's land (was the Indians..). Hundreds of years of slavery, mental torture and degradation and then "freed." No therapy. No understanding, not even patience. To listen to Dr DeGruy's youtube videos was so enlightening to me. Sorrow, but understanding and then JOY. I didn't understand the anger, towards myself or others. Now, I can see where so much pain has come from. I can show compassion and love towards myself and others. Whatever programming I had, has been deleted--destroyed. I look back with pride, hurt, and know that I, myself, can heal. What a blessing this woman has brought us! Thank you Dr. Joy DeGruy!
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Reviewed in the United States on November 3, 2024
★★★★★ 5
Aged wisdom and knowledge
Format: Paperback
Mental health and history goes hand and hand
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Reviewed in the United States on June 22, 2025
★★★★★ 4
Why do black people . . .
Format: Hardcover
I purchased this book because I had many questions I wanted answered. Most of them were questions of "Why?". My biggest question was why we as black people have so many unhealthy habits in how we treat each other.
As a young African American male who was raised by his mother in a predominantly white suburban area, I wanted to know why, when I encountered other black youth in more urban areas, they would tell me I "talk white." What is "talking white?" Basically, talking white means I was talking like I have an education. Why do so many members of the black community (those without an education) reject me for valuing education? Why is it that when one black person fidns a way out of the ghetto, it seems the whole neighborhood, church included, condems that person for leaving "his/her people" and wanting to live in the suburbs with the whites? Why don't we support one-another in this society that has always held us from achieving our full potential?
I wanted to learn why we seem to have no clue of who we are, and so many of us, young and old, strive to "prove" we are "black enough." So talking a certain way makes us black? Or is it eating certain foods that makes us "black"? Listening to only certain kinds of music? We lack a firm sense of cultural identity. We take rebellious pride in being at the bottom, and equate success with "whiteness." We denounce the achievements of any black person and ostracize him from the community. We work to pressure our own to stay at the bottom.
In this very interesting book, the author, Dr. Joy Degruy Leary, proposes a number of explanations for why the African American community has developed these and other unhealthy cultural habits. Leary examines this very real "crabs in the barrel" mentality, as well as many other self-destructive habits which plague the black community. Leary establishes a diagnoses, and calls it Post-Traumatic Slave Syndrome. Leary presents a very strong argument that the behaviors are all symptoms that have been passed down through the generations of African American people from the dawn of the trans-atlantic slave trade to today. Leary uses her own observations to support her theory of Post-Traumatic Slave Syndrome.
This book is a very thoughtful read. The reason I give this work only four stars is because I truly feel that Leary's argument would have been much more affirmed and effective if she had included a visual timeline to help the reader to better understand the timeframes and chain of events in history discussed in the book. The argument also would have been more effective if the author spent more time on each point. At times it seems she's just getting started before summarizing all that was just said and moving on. Scholarly sources are cited and research is used, but the book does not explore any one study or statistic in great depth. It is a fast read.
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Reviewed in the United States on September 16, 2012
★★★★★ 5
America's Biggest Lie
African Americans have been brutalized beyond imagination. Then told that they were the ones that were less than human. It boggles the mind. The whites beat, burned, skinned, lynched, mutilated and murdered African Americans at will. And these same whites believe (to this day) that this is their god given right. Even worst was the emotional and intellectual scars left from the lies that were told. If I didn't see the consequence of this everyday, I would think someone was lying to me: Some kind of Cosmic joke. The white criminals are the heroes and the African victims are the villains. This cannot actually be real. But it is. Whites stripped the Africans of their names, religions, dignity, culture and their humanity. Then called them less than human. This slight of hand is beyond comprehension. The funniest part is when I hear Whites yell to blacks "go back to Africa." This is tantamount to kidnapping someone, tying them up, putting them in your basement then yelling at them to get out of your house. Insane. This has been going on for 400 years. Wow. And America thinks it the moral leader of the free world. I have to pinch myself. This has to be a dream.... or a nightmare. The book opened my eyes.
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Reviewed in the United States on August 18, 2017
★★★★★ 5
I have to step up as a parent..
Format: Hardcover
The book is a little bigger than what I realized. I must not have paid a attention to that because I did a quick buy. But thats not a bad thing it is a really nice coffee table book the pictures are great. I skimmed the book and it has some wonderful information. I wanted to have something to catch the attention of my GenAlpha son so he can learn about our history the school did a horrible job this year with learning Black history which is American history. Plan to get the study guide to help me talk about this with my son. Given the time we are living in I need to do better with informing and guiding him with facts. Because of my school and parents I learned a some of this growing up but the schools are barely teaching anything past MLK, Malcolm X or Harriet Tubman!
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Reviewed in the United States on April 29, 2026
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