The Green Bananas - "The Ape / Green Banana" 7-inch

The Green Bananas

"The Ape / Green Banana" 7-inch

Agitated Records

This isn't even a new record, it's from 2016. But it's a banger you should know about. Plus our friend Simon Keeler put it out via his label Agitated Records, he's also released some albums by The Icarus Line and let us sleep on his floor a bunch when we toured England back when we were wee lads experiencing jacket potatoes for the first time. So yeah, this record is kind of in the family.

This is a side-project novelty band from members of the punk outfit known as Straight Arrows. Them mates are from Sydney, Australia and also pretty good themselves. They've got a gang of records you should check out for sure. But this one song single is the shining-star banger in their catalog for me. Sounds like a forgotten hit that was left off one of the old Nugget comps. One side has vocals and one side is instrumental, both sides get rocked equally when I DJ.

DO THE APE!

FYI: it looks like you can still buy it on dudes website, get yourself a copy.

• Travis Keller

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