The End Men are back (thankfully) with a few little items.
Odds and Ends is a little grab bag of the garage blues duo’s songs, some of which have been rescued from the cutting room floor and some of which are brand new. Hendershot’s guttural, raspy vocals are clearly channeling Tom Waits and Livia Ranalli’s drumming clearly channels a vengeful demon. The songs range from the whimsical (“Salute,” about a toast gone wrong) to the political (“War”) but they’re all united by the joy the End Men have in their music. There are any number of guitar/drum duos out there but none are as energetic, intense, or original as the End Men.