Dads - (2010) Hat Creek 7''

The Stupid of the Month award goes to Dads, a Tampa band that seems to put the same amount of time into their crude drawings as they do their music (which is to say, not very much). “Hat Creek” is a pretty standard indie-rocker, at least until the ridiculous Terry Schiavo vocals come in, barely awake and drooling. I’ll admit, I’m pretty amused to think that a handful of people signed off on that decision. Dads quickly wake up though, as “Banana Twinz” thrashes about violently for a minute or so, and “Sex Theft” does the same, almost reaching Lightning Bolt temperatures (and the highlight of this EP). The flip is “Dub Creek”, ostensibly a dub version of “Hat Creek”, and it manages to offend the roots of dub reggae to their very core, essentially destroying decades of peaceful Jamaican / American relations with crappo keyboards and piss-take delivery. It comes with an insert, wherein “lyrics” is misspelled “lericks” on purpose, and the rest of the artwork features various E.T.-faced people showing off their genitalia and wearing wigs.