Dear Garage Music Lovers,
The members of De Keefmen, a Dutch band from Drenthe, have been playing together and have known each other for quite some time, originally in a 6ts garage group named The Miracle Men, who released a 7 '' on Kuriosa Records, NL and an LP onTeen Sound Records, IT.
The Miracle Men split in 2007 but reformed as a trio in 2008 to become
De Keefmen.
Their inspiration comes from The Sonics,The Remains, The Byrds & The Avengers.
De Keefmen are :
Henri Sulmann – vocals & guitar
Peter Kroes – Bass & vocals
Dennis de Lange – drums
(organ on the LP is played by JanTeekens)
Their debut album, Mirror of Time, was released in the summer of 2010 by Dirty Water Records, when it started to appear in all good record shops. Most tracks (12 / 14) are great original compositions your brains will order you to play twice in a row.
Just obey, your ears will thank you.
Some real garage nuggets are included :
Searchin, Doreen, I Need Help !, Miss You, Stop Pushin' Me, I wanna Tell Her or Mirror of Time. More is to be discovered on the LP...
Their 60's garage sound really sounds authentic, with a more modern sound of guitar here and there, as on Can't You See ? for instance.
Henri's singing is quite raw at times, just like in the golden era of the Sonics.
The band play powerful garage rock you'll fall in love with.
Your turntables will spin the Mirror Of Time again and again for a long while.
No matter how large your LP/CD collection is, this one will always be at a hands reach.
Dirty Water Records also released the first video of the band for the song 'I Need Help!' :
http://www.youtube.com/user/dirtywaterclub?blend=3&ob=5#p/u/0/nUPCfDYR568
De Keefmen have quite a reputation for their short, wild and energetic live shows : check them out as I surely will should they come to a place near you !
De Keefmen will be playing with The Routes (see previous note on this Japanese band) on April, 29th at 29 Venue, London, UK.
Enjoy !
@+/bis bald/bye/un saludo (listening to Be a Keefman, cover of The Avengers – Be a Caveman)
Guillaume / Rockandrockets
PS : Buy music or bye-bye music !
