Coffinberry’s new self-titled, 14-song album is being released in a limited vinyl edition of 500 copies from Collectible Escalators. The LP comes with a free digital download code, courtesy of Recordcode.com. Also beginning June 30, the album can be purchased via iTunes, Insound, and other internet-ish retailers.
About the new record:
"Is this the best [Coffinberry have]? If it is, that is a feat that deserves the utmost praise and respect and, if not, then I am finding God and repenting because I never saw something this good in Cleveland’s future." —Dead Town Cleveland
"Days with Coffinberry’s self-titled full length were more than just some clichéd labor of love. It was an honor and a privilege. . . . The parts are normal, yet somehow the resultant whole is wonderfully refreshing, entrancing, and real." —Absolute Punk
"Coffinberry has actualized their sound, injecting some country reverb and lazy Lake Erie surfer vocals into the acid-rain rock of North Coast. . . . additional proof that there’s much more to Cleveland rock music than that Hall of Fame." —Agit Reader
"A fascinating bunch of roots-rockers, blue-collar folk stories and fuck-you love ballads, filtered and distorted to morph from acid folk into classic rock." —Cleveland Scene
"Tracks like 'Lorena' arrive like songs from their brethren 11th Dream Day, drenched with feedback undercurrents, driving pop, and early 1980’s Dylanesque rhythm . . ."
—Left of the Dial
"A crew of local blue-collar roots rockers, filtered, distorted, and re-recorded to morph everything from acid folk to heartland rock. . . . This is one of the best albums of the year — anywhere.
—Positively Cleveland
"It’s clearly rock, rootsy and lyrical, fun and infectious. . . . Cleveland should be proud." —Berkeley Place
"It's one of those projects you look back on and thank god you ruined your life for music." —Cleveland recording engineer Mike McDonald on mixing the new Coffinberry LP
About God Dam Dogs: I ROCK CLEVELAND:
"... one of the finest guitar rock albums to come out
of northeast Ohio in some time. The maturing
musicianship and songwriting is a big part of 'God Dam
Dogs', but an equal, or even bigger part of this album
is their continued ability to lay down swift, 2 and 3
minute rockers. 'God Dam Dogs' finds them making their
own sound, and it just happens to be god dam great."
ABSOLUTEPUNK:
"For some dudes from Ohio, Coffinberry do an eerily
good job of putting southern hospitality to music.
'Write This' has one of the catchiest guitar riffs
I've heard this year. And although it took almost a
week, Coffinberry have entranced me. The healthy
mixture of punk and country will keep me satisfied
much longer than the time it took to actually click."
BIG TAKEOVER:
"Playing clangy, willfully off-kilter post-punk,
Coffinberry smacks of vintage Peru Ubu...From Now On
Now's lovingly dysfunctional mayhem is contained to
seven songs in less than 20 minutes, but it's the
sweeter tunes, like the penultimate, 85-second "Seven
Months Gone By", that truly devastate. There's oodles
and oodles of potential here; let's hope these
Cleveland kids employ it on their inevitable full
length."
COLLECTABLE ESCULATORS:
"For years now, this band has created appealing and
unique rock songs with enough dissonance between the
two guitars to keep things interesting. Coffinberry's
lyrics have often sounded like overheard snippets of
bored lover's arguments, but this lp is less insular,
there are memories of neighborhoods, a nervous
anticipation, a sense that something is lost, or at
least crumbling. It fits the times."
PERFORMER MAGAZINE:
"The contrast between cold, hard machinery and pure
human emotion is simply touching...their music
nevertheless possesses a unique quality that allows
for off-the-cuff humor and shrouded metaphors alike."
THE PLAIN DEALER:
"The post-punk world can be a confusing place filled
with posers, hipsters and scenesters. If its new album
is any indication, Cleveland act Coffinberry is
apparently tired of such games. On the quartet's debut
effort, "God Dam Dogs," the band lets loose with an
exploration ranging from the gentle, piano-brushed
"Aims Retreat" and the angsty "Two Young Seeds" to the
guitar pop-Dinosaur Jr.-esque "Freeway Ends" and the
breezy "Little Child of Dimentia." Don't miss the
latter track's fuzzed-out, vocally implosive ending.
The entire album is a tight package of mostly
two-minute, college-radio-friendly anthems that
thankfully eschew any easy hooks. Kudos to Coffinberry
for a fine debut barking and biting in a fashion that
makes us wonder what the future holds."
SKRATCH:
"Coffinberry lets the listener know that they took the
extra time to care for their songs, rather than just
pumping them out like the rock and roll jukebox bands
of today's scene."
NEW SCHEME:
..."One musical idea has been strained through the
filter of another and produced an enticing piece of
rock n roll."
LEFTOFTHEDIAL:
"I don't really know what name bin to throw these guys
in; they're pretty much straight-up rock,
straightforward songs with a straightforward beat. I
would say this is a definite must...these guys
definitely have something here."
INDEPENDENT MUSIC SITE:
"I love this disc...and I want more of it. It's a lot
of dark and downtrodden guitars and drums that meander
through that kind of depressed part of your
brain...Coffinberry turns up the tempo from time to
time to make you feel like you're zipping through the
graveyard. And the lead singer is just damn good."
UTTERTRASH:
"The band straddles the line between raw rock 'n'
roll, pop, and experimentation."
COOL CLEVELAND:
"It was short, and it was loud, and it was melodic,
with just the right splash of dissonance and feedback
splattered about like a fun Jackson Pollock print."
HIGHWIRE DAZE:
"...Set themselves apart with their own variation of
what pop-hooks can sound like twisted a bit."
CRUD MAGAZINE:
"All in all, a damned near perfect release."
VERBICIDE:
"And Cleveland's Coffinberry is the shit! Because it's
only seven songs, it never looses steam; just pure
unadulterated rock and roll from beginning to end....I
really can't say enough about these guys...they
already have the chemistry of of the late 60's era
Rolling Stones. It's hard to believe this is
Coffinberry's first record, as long as they don't
become sullied by commercial success, the sky's the
limit."
SAN DIEGO CITY BEAT:
"Nicholas Cross can successfully meander into
speak-song like the Hold Steady's Craig Finn, and then
speed up as his band nails some top-notch, warped rock
anthems like Superchunk and The Pixies."
CLEVELAND SCENE:
"As contemporary as it sounds, the ep has a timeless
quality."
BUZZGRINDER:
"Clean and shaven rock, with more of a nod to spilt
beverages than hip haircuts."
CDREVIEWS.COM:
"From this ep I can tell that Coffinberry has an
excellent live show. People living in Ohio should
consider themselves blessed to have such a great bar
band playing in their vicinity...Coffinberry, on the
other hand, is like drinking an amber ale. It doesn't
have to be as sophisticated as wine, and it certainly
isn't syrupy sweet. It's good in a hearty sort of
way."
RAZORCAKE:
"More of a college radio meets post-punk affair that
reminded me of a mixture of Sugar, The Pixies, and The
Replacements."
Hey friend remember us we would like to think you because wit out you we couldn't of gotten so far, we started this account 3years ago and we never would expect to go so far wit the band
Hallöchen wollen nicht stören! Aber wir haben vor Kurzem ein paar neue Songs aufgenommen! Wenn du also Zeit und Lust hast, hör doch mal rein Rock'n Roll on :-)
Gentlemen, where can an old timer like me buy yer new record. Keep in mind I want to buy all formats...LP, CD, 8 Track, Teddy Ruxpin, Speak and Spell, Rosetta Stone, etc...
I'm so sorry I had to book out of your show early to see "The Schenck" at Peebuddys, but at least I got your record and your past CD I didn't have and two stolen show posters. I hope to see you play again soon on a night I don't have to book out.
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