Reviews

Stuff said about us over the years. Some random. Some focused

There's always room for more from Thrift Bakery. - Jenny Clash, DJ, WHUP, 2020, https://whupfm.org/show/gestalt-of-the-earth/

Im still trying to define the oddity of Shake Your Jewelry. Great stuff! Found it on a blog called Rhythm Plague. - @PostpunkRadio, 2021

Science Writer' has some nice They Might Be Giants vibes. - Gareth Monger, @GaffaMondo, Sep 4, 2022

KFJC in Los Altos Hills California on Hard & Sweet, 2023: Fourth release by Thrift Bakery, founded in the 80s and regrouped in 2011. TB describes themselves as indie pop (with folk, rap, and shoegaze influence) and experimental rock vocals. Quarantine Pandemic Blues and Sending All My Love to You talk about the unique horrors of 2020. These songs, like the rest of the album, are upbeat and thought-provoking. It’s hard to think of a favorite track, but I would probably say the indie rock-based Sending All My Love to You (track 6), rap about a modern day Count of Monte Cristo (5), and indie-roots Arthur McBride and the Sergeant (track 11).se by Thrift Bakery, founded in the 80s and regrouped in 2011. TB describes themselves as indie pop (with folk, rap, and shoegaze influence) and experimental rock vocals. Quarantine Pandemic Blues and Sending All My Love to You talk about the unique horrors of 2020. These songs, like the rest of the album, are upbeat and thought-provoking. It’s hard to think of a favorite track, but I would probably say the indie rock-based Sending All My Love to You (track 6), rap about a modern day Count of Monte Cristo (5), and indie-roots Arthur McBride and the Sergeant (track 11).

"Tasty Cakes" was a cassette we spread around in 1985. Fred Mills is a well-known N.C. writer and I think this was in Rockpool but not sure.

Bay-Area podcasters GRM Presents on FCC Free on “Taken By A Pro”:

• D Black: “You can feel the funk early. You can feel the funk right away.”
• Musical Artist Eye'z: “I like how they put rap and pop into the song and made it work.”

Melo Jones of Miami internet radio station Dagr8fm.com on “Not Just Another Rap Song”: We like it.

Artist D1T on “Count of Monte Cristo”: Hey, cool song. I like it. Good job Bro.

Greenhitz promotion service on “Count of Monte Cristo”: FIRE!!!!

“With clever lyrics and unexpected melodic and production twists, their sound reaches beyond the usual Limitations of the rap genre.” -Jeff Bliel, Alexandria (Va.) Pulse

“When you go to a thrift bakery, you never know what you will find, and when you see it, you buy it in bulk because you don’t know if you will ever see it again. The same goes for the group Thrift Bakery.” - Pebbles

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"Eclectic independent veterans with great lyrics, melodies and arrangements" -- Bewaretheradio, 2022

Washington Citypaper, January 20-26, 1989

"They're funky, and their songs have great lyrics, ripe with wit and irony."-Ruben Jackson

"It sounds good, the lyrics aren't stupid, and you can even dance to it." - Ann Humphreys, Columbia Daily Spectator, 1988, on "Freshness Test"

The lyrics are as silly as the presentation, but the songs display more development and thought than most real rap music. - Electronic Musician on "Freshness Test," October 1988 

"I Love the Law" verges on the excessively novel and is almost vacuous enough to be an AM hit. - Edrie Sobstyl, VOX, Alberta, Canada, September 1988 on "Freshness Test"

On "The Well," the band hits the heights of the Human League's best, largely due to guitarist Terrie Cloth's diaphanous vocals. -- Dina Williams, The Buzz, July 1988

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I dig "King of Krazy." It's big, exciting and well done. Very well done. -- Unsolicted remark from Loren Israel, noted producer

When Artificial Intelligence describes your music on Viberate in 2023: https://www.viberate.com/artist/thrift-bakery/ This is so strange I had to include it. We had nothing to do with this.