Ever since I went to Russia I’ve been super keen on beets. They put it in their awesome traditional borscht soup and in their weirdly heavy but supremely tasty mayonnaise and smoked fish salads. It’s also good for the heart. So when I started seeing bands named after the prince of root vegetables, I was strangely hyped (yeah, I know it’s lame). This was until my naive illusions were shattered as I came to realize New York band the Beets and London/Leicester-based Sex Beet names were probably just cheap puns on the Beatles and that Gun Club song, respectively.
Anyway, as the Beets is the lamer of the two puns, I will talk about Sex Beet. They are loud, twangy, snotty and quite brilliant–like Coachwhips given a surf rock makeover by Lux Interior. The French already love them, having invited them to tour there twice. Now the UK should stop being bastards and do the same.
Watch and listen and decide for yourself beneath.
The “She Don’t Surf’” EP is out now on A Fistful of Records and further releases on Holy Twist and Coldrice are forthcoming.
Sex Beet - “Scarecrow”
i love stuff that isn’t dance music that makes me want to dance. another good one, joel.
In Australia you can get beets on your quarter pounder or big mac.
The New York Beets are amazing.
the NY Beets are far better. Fuck Vice, always trying to be controversial.
Brits doing surf music…. shame.
yep ny beets are good too, both are good.
the Beets were also the name of the band in Doug, the nickelodeon cartoon. Just saying.