No Flies on Frank

Coach Fingers
No Flies on Frank
Locust 83
CD / 180 gram LP
2006-09-24

Coach Fingers is serious about having fun and with the debut long player No Flies on Frank, no one is spared from the plentiful good vibes Frank has to offer. Packed with more hooks than a ship crowded with one armed pirates, No Flies on Frank is a meaty affair of giddy but bearded late '60s/early '70s outlaw boogie rock & roll prominently featuring three members of the New York free noise whatsit collective The No Neck Blues Band -- Coach Jason Meagher, Dave Nuss & Dave Shuford -- along with Meagher's brother Sean on keys and -- future guitar god worshippers take note -- the Coach's secret weapon, master shredder George Devoe. So come on, friends, it's time to join the Fingers friends & family in the Beaujolais Revolution; take a sip from a glass full of Ronnie Lane's boozy rock, the charming laissez-faire balladry of Kevin Ayers (circa Joy of a Toy & Whatevershebringswesing) & a whole lot of crazy fun.

Reviews

"It's the sloppy yelp of the Stranglers rogering the Kinks while John Fogerty chain-smokes in the corner. It boogies like the days when men were Burt Reynolds hairy and put their music out only on vinyl." - jambase.com

"Let the revivals begin. The long overdue resurgence of southern style sev/ixies blues rock, complete with its booze sheltered harmonics is nigh. No Files on Frank which with its much needed guidance, has laid the groundwork for one of the most noble and inventive rock albums of the decade." - pensatos.com

"Coach Fingers are the kind of band unafraid to finish off all your booze, do whatever drugs you might have in your pocket and just get plain weird until the sun comes up." - harp magazine

"No Flies on Frank is loose, spirited and a little sleazy, like a lost weekend from an earlier age." - Time Out New York

"In just one song, you can hear John Fogerty jamming with Ray Manzarek while Zappa arranges, The Free Design adds a touch of color and Pink Floyd hints on their studio trickery." - music-versity.com

"The Drop Off feels a little bit like scrambling onto the back of a careening Halloween hayride, wooden wheels trembling, bales of straw flying, scarecrows toppling, bats darting, all clipped corners and big, ghoulish shrieks. Which is to say The Drop Off is just as enthralling as it is terrifying." - paperthinwalls.com

"A madcap blend of boogie swing, Mothers of Invention snark noise, and surf riffs sharpened to a razor's edge ... these are some of N.Y.'s most established noisemakers. - c|net

"No Flies on Frank is a long drunken drive down some seriously twisted country roads. Bring a friend, some weed, and a case of the giggles, and if you don't end up in a ditch, you'll have a hell of a time." - popmatters.com

"No Flies on Frank is a modest, thoroughly enjoyable self-contained, bourbon-slurpin' Basement Tapes-esque ramshackle entity ... sepia-tinged and jaunty and wholesome and American and there are banjos, dobros, a Rhodes piano and several mangy dogs, lounging on the what, porch?" - foxy digitals