Boston’s Smitt E. Smitty & The Fezztones roll up the garage doors and roll out their new single “Big Ass American Car”. Released on April 1, the new track packs plenty of grit and grease on the surface, and served as the perfect vehicle (pun intended) for the band’s satirical take on America’s car culture.
Adding new meaning to “garage rock”, Smitt E. Smitty & The Fezztones’ latest release is a guitar driven anthem that hides its real power under the hood. Built around a hearty and bluesy-inspired guitar riff, “Big Ass American Car” is satire set to a classic rock sound. Smitty’s vocal style sits somewhere between crooner and used car salesman, and would no doubt be the regular entertainment at a dusty cantina in the Mad Max universe.
“‘Big Ass American Car’ is a song about the culture of cars in America, and the American culture in general. When the popularity of American-made cars started to diminish between the ’70s and the ’90s, the US car companies figured out they could make more money selling fewer bigger cars for more money. American cars just kept getting bigger and bigger, shittier and shittier, and costing more and more. BUT… The opening line says it all. ‘I love my country. It’s the country of more. It’s just down the block, I can easily walk, but I drive to the store.’ Welcome to ’Merica.”
— Smitt E. Smitty
Originally released by late Boston musician Trick Wallace, Smitt E. Smitty & The Fezztones have given the song a powerful tune up and slapped a paint job on it that is impossible to ignore. As the inaugural release from the newly minted FezzKoKo Records label, “Big Ass American Car” crosses the border into Mid-Collapse Americana where the struggle to hold onto history desperately needs a soundtrack.
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Smitt E. Smitty: Lead vocals, co-production
JoEllen Saunders Yannis: Backing vocals
Linda Bean Pardee: Backing vocals
Heather Rice-Fahey: Backing vocals
James Melanson: Guitar and vocals
“Crazy” Eddie Nowik: Guitar
Andrew Padua: Bass
Jonathan LaMaster: Violin and vocals
Johnny Sestito: Drums and vocals
