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3‐Way Tie (for Last)
Punk · 1985 · 16 tracks

3‐Way Tie (for Last)

Sharp, trebly punk-funk meeting weary political observation. A collection of jagged rhythms, elastic basslines, and surprisingly tender acoustic covers.

December 1985 · SST Records

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3-Way Tie (for Last) is the sound of a band reaching a peak of telepathic communication just as the road was about to end. It feels like a high-stakes conversation between three working-class intellectuals who have traded distortion for clarity. The guitars don't roar; they prick and sting with a treble-heavy Telecaster bite that leaves plenty of room for Mike Watt's bass to act as a lead instrument. It is music that demands your attention not through volume, but through the sheer density of its ideas and the surgical precision of its execution.

Tracklist · 16 Tracks
01
The Price of Paradise
3:38
02
Lost
2:33
03
The Big Stick
2:35
04
Political Nightmare
3:56
05
Courage
2:36
06
Have You Ever Seen the Rain?
2:30
07
The Red and the Black
4:10
08
Spoken Word Piece
1:07
09
No One
3:29
10
Stories
1:36
11
What Is It?
1:51
12
Ack Ack Ack
0:28
13
Just Another Soldier
1:58
14
Situations at Hand
1:24
15
Hittin’ the Bong
0:42
16
Bermuda
1:40
Moments Worth Listening For
The jarring transition from the jagged funk of The Price of Paradise into the somber, acoustic cover of Have You Ever Seen the Rain?
Mike Watt's bass solo in The Big Stick where the notes seem to bounce off the studio walls with percussive force.
The moment in Political Nightmare where the frantic drumming suddenly locks into a rigid, military-style march.
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