Tarred and Feathered (EP) explained

Tarred and Feathered
Type:ep
Artist:The Hives
Cover:The Hives - Tarred and Feathered.png
Released:2 July 2010
Recorded:22-26 March 2010
Studio:Studio Gröndahl, Stockholm
Genre:Garage rock
Length:8:08
Label:No Fun AB
Chronology:The Hives
Prev Title:The Black and White Album
Prev Year:2007
Next Title:Lex Hives
Next Year:2012

Tarred and Feathered is a vinyl-only EP by Swedish band the Hives, released in 2010 on the No Fun AB label. Recorded live-to-tape, it consists of three cover songs from bands that have influenced the Hives.

As a gag for the EP, the band members were covered in some unidentified gooey substance (as actual liquid tar is scalding hot) and feathers. The album cover was done in a style of a newspaper with the headline "Tarred and Feathered! Cheating with other people's songs!"

Critical reception

Alex Young of Consequence wrote that it is "a ballsy thing to make a covers EP, especially when the source material is so obscure", but that with the first two songs, "The Hives' sound never becomes apparent. They're quick, by the books, note-for-note, and less interesting versions of the originals with better production quality". Young found that the cover of "Early Morning Wake Up Call" "offers total redemption – they take a dated New Wave tune and really crank the fuzz", concluding that overall it is "a fine, if forgettable, set of rock songs".[1]

Personnel

The Hives

Additional personnel

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Album Review: The Hives – Tarred and Feathered EP. Consequence. Young. Alex. 12 July 2010. 9 May 2023.