Live and Dangerous II is a sequel to Gee Tee's 2017 live album Live and Dangerous. Sort of. It's kind of hard to tell what is going on with Gee Tee sometimes. Which is kind of the point. Causing overwhelming chaos and confusion is probably the only why these guys roll out of bed, put on their big boy pants, and make themselves eggs each morning. And it's definitely a big part of why they make music (or whatever they call this stuff they've wrestled out of their instruments)!
The Australian garage rock band started out as the solo project of one Kel, who began writing and tracking songs about cars by his lonesome sometime in or around 2016. Gee Tee, and the original concept for the group, were inspired by a series of wacky, Ed Roth knock-off, novelty stickers called Odd Rods. And the spirit of these anarchic commercial oddities still inform the band's ethos.
Gee Tee's sound will be somewhat familiar to the knuckle-dragging fandoms of bands like The Mummies or the Spits- only Gee Tee are outlandish. Maybe not so much in presentation, but definitely in style (but also in presentation). There is a certain variety garage band that aims to make their sound as inscrutable and unintelligible as possible, and Gee Tee are on the knifes edge of listenability in this regard. This is definitely one of the things that is laudable about them- they can write a hook, they can make its stick, and they will make you dig through a Walmart parking lot worth of asphalt thick distortion to get to the goods. And yeah, you'll want to dive into this mess, because the goods are just that damned good!
It's hard to imagine lyrics being this catchy while simultaneously being entirely incomprehensible. Or synth and guitar hooks that are so masterful in their prosaic elegance and allegiance to primitivism. It's almost like the band learned to play by doing a skillshare with a tribe of Neanderthals. God only knows what life skills the band taught those brutes in return (keep an eye out for any particularly hirsute web designers going forward).
Live and Dangerous II was recorded for Goner Fest last year in the living room of Gee Tee's guitarist and saw a 7" and cassette release this year- sometime after Kel finished gluing together the artwork for the sleave. Words somewhat fail beyond this point. To get a real understanding of what Gee Tee is all about, you kind of have to see them for yourself. Get a firm grip on your hat, other headwear, or accessories, and click the video player below.
