No Public Restrooms is an anomaly. The band apparently formed in junior high in 2010 and are still making music. In fact they just released their debut self-titled album No Public Albums. The album feels firmly planted in ’90’s alternative music and stays there for the whole album.
There is this feel to the album both aesthetically and structurally that you are listening to a band playing in a garage. That’s not a pejorative in fact that is usually how I like my rock bands to sound but in this case I very much felt like I was listening to a band playing in a garage and at any moment the garage door would open and a slightly perturbed parent would tell them to move it. I think this might be the case because I myself played in many garages and basement in the ’90s. We would play Sublime and Nirvana covers and occasionally throw in an original. You can hear influences from bands like Sublime on a song like “San Diego,” “Sand Castle” and many other songs on the album. One of the highlights was “Beer Pong.” I was actually expecting the song to be a little more intense because if you have played beer pong before it can quickly get out of control. It’s quite mellow and nostalgic and felt like I was watching a slow motion reel of college-aged students playing the game.The band rocks out with “See This Through” and ends strong with “Happy Song.” There was something I really liked about these songs that was hard to pinpoint. The songs felt genuine and think there was something to that feeling off watching a band play live in garage that I was attracted to. This album is straightforward but very well done. Fans of ’90s rock and alternative music will appreciate it. Take a listen.
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