Debut EP from Madison Post-Punk band Whippets. Includes demos of all tracks from the EP, and the original 2013 demo recording of Spit On My Grave.
"Got a new one today from the many monikers of Bobby Hussy (The Hussy, Cave Curse, Wristwatch). The new outfit pairs Hussy up with fellow WI compatriots Tyler Spatz (Cave Curse, Wristwatch) and Riley Heninger (The Moguls). The band pushes through a blistered vision of punk, growling and seething with a discomfort that’s, frankly understandable given our current vision of the future in 2022. The four-song EP chums the waters of our daily dilemma, peeling a few layers of resolve off of the mind with the biting “Cure,” riding the bile through the bloodstream on “Spit,” and bruising soft tissues on “Kick.” The new EP is out now on Bobby’s own No Coast Records, 7″ coming October 22nd via Goodbye Boozy!"
- Raven Sings The Blues
www.ravensingstheblues.com/whippets-s-t-ep/
"Whippets are the latest project from the ever-prolific Bobby Hussy (The Hussy, Wristwatch) and this four-song 7” doesn’t disappoint. Rough and tumble catchy punk with garagey edges without too many of the Jay Reatard-influenced trappings I remember from earlier Hussy releases. This is minimal only when it needs to be rather than as a band aesthetic, which helps give it some chunk. Noice." –Mark Twistworthy (Goodbye Boozy)
razorcake.org/whippets-self-titled-7/
"The new Madison trio Whippets plays no-nonsense grungy rock — no surprise when the band is drummer Riley Heninger (The Moguls), guitarist/vocalist Bobby Hussy (Wristwatch), and bassist Tyler Spatz (Cave Curse). Their debut EP was available in limited quantities on tape and CD during an August tour, and resurfaces on 7-inch courtesy Italian label Goodbye Boozy (probably also short-lived as to availability, so don't sleep). It will be a good night overall for fans of straight-up heavy sounds, with a bill featuring The Garza, Porcupine, and new-band-who-scenesters-will-recognize The Known Unknowns."
isthmus.com/events/whippets-record-release-garza-porcupine-known-unknowns/
"Did anyone else expect SNAPCASE’s “Caboose” to start playing after the opening drum lick on this EP? For your sake, I hope not! Anyway, we’ve got a new 7” from Goodbye Boozy, this time it’s the debut vinyl release from the Madison, WI-based act WHIPPETS. The project began as a recording outlet for Bobby Hussy (he seems to have started developing ideas for it as far back as 2013), but he’s since fleshed things out into a full band by adding frequent collaborator Tyler Spatz (the HUSSY, CAVE CURSE) on bass and Riley Heninger on drums. Broadly speaking, I guess the band plays post-punk, but from track to track the amount of “punk” or “post-” you get will vary. Three of the four tracks on this EP tread a lot of the same ground JAY REATARD laid with Blood Visions—tight, dynamic, start/stop songs that are as indebted to garage punk as they are gothic rock or any of its derivations—whereas “Cure” is more mechanical post-punk in the vein of A FRAMES. To top it all off, Bobby’s doing his best imitation of early-BIRTHDAY PARTY Nick Cave—to the point of caricature, though, so it’s more in TV GHOST territory. I don’t think any of these songs have quite as much character as ones put out by the aforementioned acts, but they’re definitely not bad. You should give it a spin!" - Maximum Rock N Roll
www.maximumrocknroll.com/band/whippets/
These ballisticaly loaded tunes purposely deny a certain closure that is intended to keep one hitting the replay button. Well played Smirk, well played. jfpOne23
Fuzzy Austin trio follow up their first album in 20 years, released in Spring 2015, with a stomping new EP of noisy rock & roll. Bandcamp New & Notable Feb 26, 2016
