Early Years Anthlogy

Since forming nearly a decade ago, The Fresh and Onlys have put out music through labels such as Mexican Summer, Sacred Bones, Captured Tracks, and Woodsist. For their latest album, however, the San Francisco garage rockers are returning to where it all began: Castle Face, the label by founded by John Dwyer of Thee Oh Sees and Damaged Bug fame, which took a chance on the band and issued their self-titled debut in 2008. 'Early Years Anthology', technically the band's sixth full-length following last year's 'House of Spirits', is comprised of cuts that didn't quite make it onto the final tracklist of The Fresh and Onlys LP. Much of the material was written by Tim Cohen and Shayde Sartin while they were both still working at the city's Amoeba Records, and offers a second glimpse at the group's developing sound and creative process during, to quote the record's title, those early years. The 12-track effort includes the distorted charm of 'Sunglasses', the jaunty and lovelorn 'I'm a Puppet', and rollicking opener 'Tongue in Cheek'.