Like my last post, the Miracle Workers are never far from my turntable when I'm in the mood for some great garage music. And like the last post this is a return visit for these guys. One day I may post the Inside Out lp as well. This is What TrouserPress.com had to say about them. As the Pacific Northwest entry in garage-rock's second coming, Portland, Oregon's Miracle Workers looked no further than their own backyard for initial inspiration. Rather than the more psychedelic meanderings of their peers, the original five-piece lineup stomped and snarled through layers of fuzz much like local deities the Sonics and the Wailers. Both of the Miracle Workers' early EPs boast a heartening percentage of originals — not a majority, mind you, but they were playing to an audience that considered the use of strings manufactured after '66 heretical — that easily outstrip the group's covers in both songwriting and energy. Tracks from each (as well as a slew of previously unreleased treasures) are collected on Moxie's Revenge.A little more reserved on its 1985 full-length bow, the quintet still scores big, keeping the songs short, the guitars distorted and Gerry Mohr's snotty adolescent blurt mixed high. Voxx supremo Greg Shaw's production, while not state-of-the-art (even by these standards) is more sympathetic than their earlier, lower-budget efforts.
As the '80s drew to a close, the Miracle Workers stepped outside their garage (minus a member), checked their watches not once but twice and stepped firmly forward...into the '70s.
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REFERENCES- TROUSERPRESS http://trouserpress.com/entry.php?a=miracle_workers
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SOUNDS INTERESTING RECORDS 1984
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1. HANG UP
2. TO MANY PEOPLE
3. CHANGE IN STYLE
4. WAITING
5. LIES LIES
6. YOU KNOCK ME OUT
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