Inbreds Tribute Album Features Sloanies And Halifax Scenesters
Wednesday August 08, 2007 @ 04:30 PM
By: ChartAttack.com Staff

Inbreds

Halifax's music scene is notorious for inbreeding. Consider the latest release from Gooseberry Records' Wanna Be Your Friend: A Tribute To The Inbreds.

Anyone who's anyone is found on this record, including Sloanster Chris Murphy, who teams up with Matt Murphy, Sarah Millman and Rebecca Mendoza under alias The Forum, to cover The Inbreds' "You Will Know."

In-Flight Safety slips in there with a perfectly timed version of the bittersweet classic from Kombinator "Any Sense Of Time. The delightful experimental pop-duo Stephen Kelly and Eleanor King of The Just Barelys roll in with a cover of "Moustache," while The Superfantastics chime in with a version of "Yelverton Hill."

Even former-Guthrie, folk-songstress Ruth Minnikin does a flawless rendition of "She's Acting."

"The irony in that song is perfect," explains Minnikin, while packing for a gig in New York with The Heavy Blinkers. "I heard the song for the first time in April and I knew it was the song for me to record. Mike (O'Neill, of The Inbreds) even played drums on a Guthries song on our album Off Windmill."

The Inbreds found their ever-lasting indie-rock status in the simple, catchy melodies of bassist Mike O'Neill and drummer Dave Ullrich. Unfortunately, after their 1998 release Winning Hearts, the duo disbanded and went their separate ways creating solo material and working on the production ends of music.

O'Neill recently produced Halifax's kittenish songwriter Laura Peek's debut full-length, From The Photographs, accompanied by her band The Winning Hearts, which consists of Dave Ewenson on drums and Joel Goguen on bass.

Here's the track listing for Wannabe Your Friend: A Tribute To The Inbreds includes:

• Andrew Glencross "Whitecaps"
• International Fall "Attitude"
• In-Flight-Safety "Any Sense Of Time"
• The Superfantastics "Yelverton Hill"
• Bontempi "This Train I Ride"
• The Forum "You Will Know"
• Share "Turn My Head"
• Ruby Jean & The Thoughtful Bees "Amelia Earhart"
• Slowlover "Never Be"
• Jonathan Inc. "Drag Us Down"
• Matt Reid "Reason Why I'm Shy"
• Catriona Sturton "North Window"
• Alicia Penney & The Excellent Navigators "Cut My Throat"
• The Just Barelys "Moustache"
• Ruth Minnikin & Her Bandwagon "She's Acting"
• The Memories Attack "Everytime I Turn Around"
• Stereo Moon "Dangerous"

As an added bonus, The Inbreds have added their own set of covers to the album. They do the following:

• The Everly Brothers "Cathy's Clown"
• The Super Friendz "Down In Flames"
• The Rheostatics "Dope Fiends And Booze Hounds"

—Shannon Webb-Campbell