I'm not sure what an Ass Tray is. The Shocker (you know what it's named after) seem to know, however. That's why the band, featuring L7's Jennifer Finch, named its album Up Your Ass Tray -- The Full Length. It doesn't matter either way, really. The Shocker (again, you know what it is named after) has made a fairly rocking release that has some decent songs and even some staying power.
Of the 11 songs on here, most have something to warrant repeated listens. Even the cover of "Body Count," as strange an idea as it may be, has "show ender before the encore" written all over it. I'm sure the crowd goes nuts for it. By the CD's end, however, something comes to mind that makes this release a little less enticing.
Yes, the songs are well-played and seem destined to get you flailing around in a pit in some dive bar somewhere. In that they succeed quite well. They don't do any more than that, though. They go as quickly as they came, making this a CD that is played only when you come across it in the collection ... after you've forgot about it for a few months. I like it, but not that much.
I also don't know why every song seems to come across as kind of a joke (see the band's name even), but that doesn't help matters any.
The Shocker is a band I find far more enjoyable than L7, but that isn't saying much. Keep in mind that if you seek this out, you may find yourself listening only once in a blue moon. It will please you for that listen ... at least until you turn it off.
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