Losers Beat Winners - “March” single
Local punk rock trio Losers Beat Winners have a record in the can with Fort Collins, CO-based Owned and Operated Records. But as the story so often goes, there’s no promise of a release date anywhere in the near future. So the group did what most bands have to do sooner or later: they recorded a couple of songs in their own studio and pressed it up themselves. The single consists of an original, “March”, and a cover of the Beatles’ “Tomorrow Never Knows”. Now you might think to yourself, what crazy bastards would put a tune by one of the greatest songwriting teams of all time up against one of their own? Somehow, these guys make it work.
If the Nashville scene had high school superlatives, Losers Beat Winners would be voted “Most Likely to Be on SST Records”. Partly because they avoid punk cliches like the plague, and partly because they share stylistic similarities with Husker Du. While they are known mainly for the ear-splitting intensity of their live show, Losers Beat Winners recorded work showcases the depth of their songs a little more clearly. “March” is a prime example. It comes off like Zen Arcade-era Bob Mould, with sheets of distorted guitar and a militaristic drum beat backing up Bob Grant’s thoughtful melody. On “Tomorrow Never Knows”, the band retains the psychadelic spirit of the original, while at the same time giving it some of their own hard driving energy. All in all, a solid effort.