ELVIS COSTELLO - Taking Liberties LP proto-punk While The Side Eyes sound

While The Side Eyes sound like a throwback to early Southern California hardcore punk rock like Circle Jerks and the Adolescents

you can feel it

sharpened over many years and many beers to an acidic burn

they both got together for an impossibly great recording of “Heart of Stone” included here that surely equals the classic rendition by The Pagans (that’s become the gold standard)

ELVIS COSTELLO - Taking Liberties LP proto-punk While The Side Eyes soundElvis Costello is one of those rare artists that makes more good music than in those days could fit on a standard album. And Elvis did short songs! Nevertheless, there's 20 of 'em on Taking Liberties, a compilation of B sides, out takes, and cuts released only on English pressings. Most of 'em are pretty good.