Well, here we have another Richmond band. Except this time the band is from the early 1980s! I found this 7” the other day at Plan 9. I think it was a good deal for a buck. The name of this song is There Is A Boy and it is preformed for us here by a band known as Single Bullet Theory. The record came with the cover and a lyric sheet, but not much information about the band. On the back of the lyrics sheet there is some interesting art for the other song on the 7”, Peggy Got Her Eyes Full. The lyric sheet also gives us the Copyright date of 1980, while on the record itself the Copyright date is given as 1981, odd. The record was put out by Artifacts Records, which according to the art on the record itself was based out of “Richmond, Va.” A quick Internet search confirmed that the band was also from Richmond, Virginia, anyways, on to the song itself. I feel like this is a pretty catchy song. At times I feel a bit reminded of the Replacements, which is a good thing because I’m a pretty big Replacements fan. But the song isn’t as experimental as a lot of the Replacements stuff was. To me, it seems like the song was heavily influenced by the Punk bands from New York and L.A. that had been popular around 1977. This song is a far cry from any form of Hardcore Punk that had started to sweep across America around this time. But, whatever, I dig this song. What do y’all think? I hope to find more about and from this band in the future.
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