AMG Review of In Stereo

Richard Foss
All Music Guide

Calling this album In Stereo might seem to imply that it has there is some other Flat Duo Jets album that is recorded in lower fidelity -- in mono, perhaps. Maybe even a 78 or an Edison cylinder. I don't know of any album by this band in any of those media, but it would certainly be appropriate. This is rock & roll at a level so primitive and honest that it sounds like an early '20s field recording. The Flat Duo Jets -- in this case Romweber and Crow -- thrash their way through five rock & roll standards and one original tune, and they do it in fine and fascinating style. These two obviously have the talent to play with more finesse, and they just as obviously don't care to. The liner notes say that this album was recorded in one day, and one suspects it didn't take much longer to record than it takes to play. A little time to plug in the guitars, knock back a few beers, and than hammer out another Flat Duo Jets classic.