The sixty-fifth album: #65 The Monks - Black Monk Time
Time for some garage rock. Unlike what I've heard before, the album clearly focuses on the rhythm, with very loud drums and the vocals over htat, again relying on repetition. It feels like hard rock, one where the loudness matters a lot. The lyrics have different influences, but the album plays much like a long concert, with shouted intros and the first song introducing the band.
Still, the album shares a lot of common elements - the songs aren't always that distinct, using repeated elements in the way the chorus and harmonies go (as much as you can call them harmonies). There are many elements in here that I do appreciate - there is a lot of energy in the songs and I like the move towards punk, a streak that's there musically as well as lyrically. It really feels like we're in an era where music is trying to mean more, with a youth voice arising that is trying to have an impact. For, it does it by sounding good while doing it.