Flatbasset Radio's Album Of The Week for the week of May 25th-June 1st, 2014:
Naptaker - Siestecita
01. Surf Gremlins
02. Shiva
03. Alone
04. Operation
05. Riders On The Squall
06. Outlaw Twist
"Naptaker is the surf trash sonic love child of Sid Alberto and Éric del Baile, conceived in Saint Paul, MN in 2012. Finally, in the fall of 2013, they released a demo called Siestecita EP.
Sam - bass
Eric - guitar
Preston - drums
Andrew - vocals, guitar"
-via Naptaker's Last.fm page
"Naptaker is a trashy blend of garage, surf, psych, stoner, and PFR, with a dash of Romanticism and contrapuntal sensibility."
-via Naptaker's Bandcamp page
And that, my friends, is the extent of my knowledge of Naptaker. Well, that and the fact that they have an excellent name. Shout out, naptaking!
I stumbled onto Siestecita in the same way everybody finds new music these days - by getting sucked into a Bandcamp wormhole. It started with tweet from Fury Things (if I remember correctly) that led me to the Ecstattic Studio Bandcamp page. Being new to the Ecstattic Studio page, I started snooping around, eventually coming across Siestecita. God bless the internet.
Though the EP was released last fall, it's definitely a summertime affair. Of all the adjectives listed above, "surf" is the one that carries the most weight here. The six songs here come & go quickly, relying on some surf-tastic guitar work to get their point across. Like most surf bands, the lyrics skew toward the goofy, but let's be honest, this ain't a record for deep thinking. Catchy, stupid summer fun.
Siestecita is available as a "Name Your Price" download on Naptaker's Bandcamp page. Give it a spin.
