Jail Weddings Record Release Show Preview

This article originally appeared in LA Weekly on October 21, 2010

There’s a way, way, way over-the-top passion (“unbridled,” as the rock critics would say) about Jail Weddings, that 10-person community of souls under the stewardship and throbbing warble of singer Gabriel Hart. The band’s buoyantly bombastic teen-trauma anthems run roughshod over that long-forgotten ’60s sound where Roy Orbison wailed like he was hurting so bad he was, well, he was just about ready to die! (Then there was Scott Walker’s after-the-fact kind of hurt, where he sang as if straitjacketed in a padded cell.) Jail Weddings’ brand-new Love Is Lawless (White Noise/Tru-Vow) is like that, to the 10th power – just such a big, fine mess of weepy, quavering, hiccupy hurtin’ hurt, plowed through with a way-tough punk rock theatricality and welcome good humor.

- John Payne

 
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  • Jail Weddings "Helicopter Limelight" T-shirt - $12.00
    Our "Saul Bass meets the Specials" inspired design as seen on the It Was Nice To Be Loved 7". Artwork by Ian Steele, printed on fine jersey white t-shirt. SM, MD, LG, XL.
  • Property Of Jail Weddings T-Shirt - $12.00
    Our version of the classic collegiate design on an athletic grey t-shirt. SM, MD, LG, XL.
  • Jail Weddings Necklace - $25.00
    Handmade necklace by Sarah Brown Jewelry for Jail Weddings. Limited to 50.
  • It Was Nice To Be Loved b/w Digan Lo Que Digan 7" - $5.00
    It Was Nice To Be Loved backed with Digan Lo Que Digan (originally performed by Raphael). This single was originally released on Record Store Day (April 16th, 2011) but only limited to 20 for that day. This 2nd pressing (released June 5th, 2011) is limited to 350 on marble vinyl and features a hand numbered, screen-printed cover. Released on Jail Weddings' own imprint Tru-Vow.
  • The Spell Has Lifted b/w People Like Us Are Extinct 7" - $5.00
    The Spell Has Lifted b/w People Like Us Are Extinct 7" Originally released in 2009, this is the second pressing on Albino Crow Records. Limited to 500 copies - only 100 remaining.
 

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