“I Don't Want to Call You Baby. . . Baby”, Kids on a Crime Spree

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Named after the San Francisco Examiner article by Bruce Koon and James Finefrock entitled “Mousepacks: Kids on a Crime Spree” which also, spawned the late 70’s exploitation film “Over the Edge”, KOACS is an Oakland, CA trio comprised of longtime friends and musical conspirators Bill Evans, Rebecca Barron, and Mario Hernandez.  Their debut ep “We Love You So Bad” was released on the venerable Slumberland Records in 2011, with a follow-up single “Creep the Creeps” in 2013 and 4 song ep (Emotional Response) with Terry Malts in 2017.

At their makeshift recording studio and band space at the Karl Kardel Building in East Oakland, the band members are putting the final touches on their long-awaited LP that is being recorded on their newly resuscitated Tascam 16 track analog recorder.  The recording journey for the new album has been challenged by false starts, redoes, and equipment failures. After the completion of the “Creep the Creeps” single, the old-fi Tascam recorder started to show signs of age and deterioration.  Drop-outs and poor signal prevented any further tracks from being put down.

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