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Garf
Punk · 1999 · 2 tracks

Garf

Me First and the Gimme Gimmes

Two Simon & Garfunkel staples reimagined as high-octane skate punk. Melodic folk-rock transformed into a blur of power chords and frantic snare hits.

1999 · Lookout! Records

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Garf is a concentrated burst of 90s punk energy applied to the delicate songwriting of Paul Simon. It is a two-track 7-inch that perfectly encapsulates the Me First and the Gimme Gimmes ethos: take a sacred cow of the American songbook and run it through a Marshall stack at 200 beats per minute. The result is not just a parody; it is a celebration of the underlying melodies, proving that a great song can survive and even thrive under the weight of distorted guitars and double-time drumming.

Moments Worth Listening For
The way the iconic 'lie-la-lie' refrain in The Boxer transforms from a gentle folk chant into a gang-vocal shout-along
The frantic drum fill that kicks off I Am a Rock, instantly erasing the original's jangle-pop restraint
Spike Slawson's pitch-perfect delivery of the opening lines of The Boxer before the rest of the band crashes in
Where This Album DepartsEach spoke is a trait. The orange shape shows where this album pulls away from — or holds to — the rest of the artist’s catalogue. Tap for more.

How does Garf sound next to the rest of Me First and the Gimme Gimmes's catalogue?

Storytelling+1.7σ

The writing leans notably further into storytelling than the rest of the catalogue.

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