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Like Scott said about playing Middle East; "It's like a time machine" Seeing the album performed in it's entirety really was like a time machine back to 2002. This album is just as hard hitting and catchy as anything to come out in the 20 years since it's release.
Favorite track: Hands on the Bible.
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Record/Vinyl + Digital Album
First time ever on vinyl! Side D includes the never-before-heard Jack Douglas mixes.
Includes a free oversized Local H Dummy sticker while supplies last!
LIMITED TO 300 COPIES WORLDWIDE.
Includes unlimited streaming of Here Comes the Zoo (20th Anniversary Edition)
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edition of 300
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Record/Vinyl + Digital Album
First time ever on vinyl! Side D includes the never-before-heard Jack Douglas mixes.
Includes a free oversized Local H Dummy sticker while supplies last!
LIMITED TO 500 COPIES WORLDWIDE.
Includes unlimited streaming of Here Comes the Zoo (20th Anniversary Edition)
via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
ships out within 3 days
edition of 500
Purchasable with gift card
$34USDor more
Record/Vinyl + Digital Album
First time ever on vinyl! Side D includes the never-before-heard Jack Douglas mixes.
Includes a free oversized Local H Dummy sticker while supplies last!
LIMITED TO 350 COPIES WORLDWIDE.
Includes unlimited streaming of Here Comes the Zoo (20th Anniversary Edition)
via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
ships out within 3 days
edition of 350
Purchasable with gift card
$34USDor more
Record/Vinyl + Digital Album
First time ever on vinyl! Side D includes the never-before-heard Jack Douglas mixes.
Includes a free oversized Local H Dummy sticker while supplies last!
LIMITED TO 290 COPIES WORLDWIDE.
Includes unlimited streaming of Here Comes the Zoo (20th Anniversary Edition)
via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
ships out within 3 days
edition of 290
Purchasable with gift card
$33USDor more
Cassette + Digital Album
First time EVER on limited edition cassette tape! Features alternate artwork plus a full-color, three-panel insert.
All orders include a free oversized Local H Dummy sticker while supplies last! Ships in 100% recyclable mailer.
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Ten years after the release of Here Comes The Zoo, Local H released a live DVD featuring unearthed footage of their sold-out last show from the 6 Ways To Sunday Tour. The show was filmed on May 4, 2002 at The Vic Theatre, in their hometown of Chicago Illinois. Now, ten years after the release of the DVD, Brutal Panda is proud to release the concert on super limited edition, VHS tape to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Here Comes The Zoo.
This super limited edition collector's item VHS is packaged in a retro plastic case with a printed insert and runs 92 minutes in length. The concert is formatted in the traditional 4:3 ratio.
LIMITED TO 150 COPIES WORLDWIDE!
All orders include a free Local H Dummy sticker while supplies last!
Includes unlimited streaming of Here Comes the Zoo (20th Anniversary Edition)
via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
20th Anniversary 2 disc reissue of the Local H classic album Here Comes The Zoo includes "The Jack Douglas Mixes" bonus CD!
Includes unlimited streaming of Here Comes the Zoo (20th Anniversary Edition)
via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
Released in 1998, Pack Up the Cats was supposed to be Local H's breakthrough album, which would propel the band to fame and fortune (or at least a better touring van), but that sure wasn't how things worked out. The merger of Polygram and Universal shortly after Pack Up the Cats was released drove a stake through the album before it could take off, and the bandmembers quickly found themselves stranded and without a label, which led drummer Joe Daniels to quit the group -- no small thing for a two-man band. The fact that Local H survived at all to make Here Comes the Zoo is no small accomplishment, but the album suggests guitarist/bassist/vocalist/songwriter Scott Lucas is still trying to win back the momentum he lost after the debacle of 1999.
New drummer Brian St. Clair has both the muscle and the chops that these songs need, but his slightly heavier and busier style does give Local H a different sound than when Daniels was timekeeper and, just as importantly, Lucas seems to be pushing Local H in a new direction that doesn't always seem to fit. Lucas' fondness for Cheap Trick rises to the surface on "Half-Life" and "(Baby Wants To) Tame Me" but, while both boast strong melodies, they're not as exciting as his more straightforward hard rockers, and the mid-tempo "Keep Your Girlfriend" sounds like the least essential song Lucas has cut since Ham Fisted (and while Jerry Only from the Misfits plays on it, you'd never guess to listen to it).
Also, the songs on Here Comes the Zoo lack the thematic unity that added so much strength to As Good as Dead and Pack Up the Cats, giving the album a more scattershot feel (though the closer, "What Would You Have Me Do?," is an interesting and mostly successful attempt to tie the album's melodic and lyrical themes together into a big finish). But the best moments on Here Comes the Zoo leave no doubt that Scott Lucas still has plenty to say and good ways to say it -- "Hands on the Bible," "Creature Comforted," and "Son of 'Cha!'" are powerful studies of Midwestern angst, and "Rock & Roll Professionals" is a hard-rockin' and very funny attack on would-be arena rockers. Here Comes the Zoo is a good album that, coming after two great albums from Local H, sounds like a bit of a disappointment, but it also makes clear that Scott Lucas is still one of the most interesting and distinctive talents in American hard rock, and it's good to see he hasn't thrown in the towel.
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Austin, TX cult noise rock kings, Cherubs, return with 2 Ynfynyty, their first new recordings in over 20 years. Produced by Mike McCarthy (Spoon) and mastered by Howie Weinberg (Nirvana, Slayer). Local H
As seen on tour w/ LOCAL H and pitched to the label by Scott Lucas as his current favorite band in Chicago, death pose play down-tuned punk/post-hardcore influenced noise rock full of indelible hooks Local H
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