Great Sale Day - Wild And Chunky (Album Review)

Great Sale Day has created an album that should make any classic era Weezer fan happy. It might even have more than a few fans of The Rentals early work ready to become friends with Great Sale Day as well. This album gives early Ozma records a run for their money on just who can pull off that great Weezer sound the best. This band is made of current and ex-members of the bands Basement, Your Demise, Unholy Majesty and Breaking Point. None of those bands or the members previous projects really have anything to do with the sound of this band so don't go into Wild And Chunky expecting it to be like those bands at all.

This is 90s alternative era music. It's heavy on sounds that resemble Weezer primarily while at other times you hear influences like Nirvana, Green Day, Nada Surf, etc... It's heavy on fuzzy guitars, Rivers Cuomo-esque vocals and at times Kurt Cobain-esque vocal delivery, and a whole lot of really catchy parts. I do think this is a cool album. No, it's not the most original sounding album. I bet you could almost fool your friends into believing this was a long lost Weezer record. It's pretty admirable just how close they get. Yeah, there are a few odd parts here and there. I'd probably chalk that up to some Pinkerton or In Utero inspiration. The album, after all, has for fans of Pinkerton-era Weezer as part of the sales pitch on Close To Home Records merch page. There are also more than a few times in the album when it sounds like the band is just as influenced by The Rentals debut album as they are by Pinkerton. You can hear it in some of the uses of The Rentals style moog in songs. There are some songs like "Best Friends" that sound a little more pop/punk infused in an almost early Green Day-esque way while still sounding like a Nirvana b-side. That's one of the most charming parts of this album. As a whole the band took all these sounds and influences and put them into a sonic blender and came out with an album that wholeheartedly wears its influences on its sleeves in a really enjoyable and great way.


Overall this album is a lot of fun. It's well written. I'm a big Weezer fan and I really enjoy The Rentals as well so I had no trouble getting into and enjoying this album. Yeah, it might not sound completely original at times, but I don't think the point of this album was to be the most original. I think this album was created to be a really fun album that leans heavy on those great nineties vibes that we don't hear captured all that often and pay homage to those sounds. This album does the sound and style justice. I'd definitely recommend checking it out! It's ultimately an album I think fans of the era of music described here are going to at least enjoy to some extent.