Description

The Surrogate Brains hailed from the city of Stockton, CA and had emerged after the young band members had began hanging together on the North side of the city. David Hayes approached the band with the offer of releasing an EP for the label (Lookout records). The only stipulated condition was the inclusion of the track “If The Things They Say Are True”. Recorded with Pavements Gary Young at the helm, the band would proceed to rip through six tracks of off the wall, albeit politically minded upbeat punk on the “Surrogate Serenades” 7” EP (LK 13). The band benefited with the dual vocals, adding an interesting dimension on top of the various tempo’s rattled out by Johnny Cruz (later of Samiam).
This is the original pressing from 1989, when the label was still in Laytonville. nm/nm