Plastique Valentine Explained

Plastique Valentine
Type:	Album
Artist:	Humpers
Cover:	Humpers 97.jpg
Released:	February 11, 1997
Recorded:	1996/1997
Genre:	Punk
Label:	Epitaph Records^[1]
Producer:	Sally Browder^[2]
Prev Title:	Live Forever Or Die Trying
Prev Year:	1996
Next Title:	Euphoria, Confusion, Anger, Remorse
Next Year:	1998

Plastique Valentine is the fourth studio album by punk rock band the Humpers, released in 1997.^{[3] [4]}

Critical reception

CMJ New Music Monthly thought that the album "displays a band eye-ball deep in punk tradition that's so thoroughly absorbed its influences that comparisons and parallels are moot."^[5] Miami New Times determined that the new songs "swagger with more assurance and confidence than the frantic older stuff."^[6] The Bradenton Herald called the album "hot trailer trash punk flavored with searing '50s roadhouse piano."^[7]

AllMusic wrote that "though the songwriting is a bit limited—it's hard to find a hook anywhere on the record—its gut-wrenching, visceral rush is harder and more punk than most of the Humpers punk-revivalist contemporaries."

Track listing

1. "Plastique Valentine"
2. "For Lovers Only"
3. "Anemia"
4. "Mutate with Me"
5. "Fable of Luv"
6. "Make Up"
7. "Sick of Tomorrow Today"
8. "Here Comes Nothing"
9. "With a Whip"
10. "Dummy Got a Hunch"
11. "Chump Change"
12. "Say Goodbye"
13. "Mongrel Train"

Notes and References

1. Web site: Quick Scans (March 27 - April 2, 1997). www.tucsonweekly.com.
2. News: Rodriguez . Kenn . California's Humpers try to avoid musical traps . Albuquerque Journal . 21 Mar 1997 . E18.
3. Web site: The Humpers. mycitypaper.com.
4. Myers . Ben . Oily Cranks/Plastique Valentine . Melody Maker . Feb 8, 1997 . 74 . 6 . 52.
5. Stegall . Tim . Reviews . CMJ New Music Monthly . Apr 1997 . 44 . 34.
6. Web site: Doll Parts. John. Floyd. Miami New Times.
7. News: Cubarrubia . Eydie . EXPAND YOUR MUSICAL HORIZONS AT BONK FESTIVAL . The Bradenton Herald . March 7, 1997 . W4.