I feel like nobody outside of a tight-knit community of high desert freaks/locals of the downtown L.A. pirate-bar scene knows about the duo that is Captain Sean Wheeler and Zander Schloss. Captain Sean is of course the nefarious frontman/chippendale of country-damaged punk bands Throw Rag, Charley Horse and Sun Trash. Zander Schloss is most famously recognized as a part of the legendary L.A. punk outfits The Circle Jerks, the Weirdos and once upon a time he toured as a multi-instrumentalist with some dude named Joe Strummer of a little band called the Clash. Rumor would also have it that his character "Kevin the Nerd" from the cult film "Repo Man" was the character upon whom Napoleon Dynamite is based. Put that in your pipe and smoke it!
Forget everything I've just written because this duo exhibits few elements of the aforementioned bands. What they do is an exceptional breed of the most gritty, witty and simultaneously gut-wrenching country music I've ever heard. With Sean's trademark growl set to the divine jangle of Zander's 12-string guitar, they unleash surprisingly cherubic harmony and absolutely timeless melodies. I mean, they have a song called "Good Pussy," which I assure you has nothing to do with Sean's well behaved feline pet, but rather the raucous pursuit of women and its similarities to mind altering substances of varying degrees of quality. At the same time, they have another tune called "Song About Songs," a Zander solo piece, which I dare you to hear and not weep like a menopausal woman.
They will finally be making it over to the east coast, two dates in New York 9/25 and 9/26. For all you kids out there, you really should attend, you won't regret it, I swear. Check them out here.
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