DART

Artist: DART

Title: Self-Titled

Format: Vinyl LP

Year: 1968

Songs: 12

Label: Garland Records

Style: Garage Pop   

Super rare underground DIY garage pop rock one off.  There’s very limited information available, however - these boys seemed to have been from the Pacific Northwest.  Their record label Garland Records was based out of Oregon and the owner Gary Nieland was also the leader of Dart.  I’d venture to day this was the first album released on the label.  There’s also some sort of connection with another Oregon based underground band New Dawn, who put out a scarce private press in 1970.  This platter has a very indie sounding garage pop sound with limited production values and has a mix of original material and covers.  It’s very hit or miss – there’s some solid cuts (‘Genevieve’, ‘Mr. Love’, ‘I Can’t Understand’) and then lame cuts (‘Our Wedding Day’, ‘I’ll Keep You Happy’, ‘This Guys In Love With You’).