Album Info

Sooner or Later

Alternative - 2013

The Neo Boys stand out as both critically important and criminally unknown. From 1978 to 1983, these four young women... more

Tracklist

1

Kids

1:46 min
2

No Venue

1:09 min
3

Put a Penny In

1:45 min
4

Never Comes Down (Live)

1:48 min
5

I’m Free

2:18 min
6

I Don’t Belong

1:18 min
7

Caution

1:51 min
8

Abnormal Chick

1:49 min
9

Empty My Head

2:11 min
10

Give Me the Message

2:11 min
11

Rich Man’s Dreams

3:32 min
12

Never Comes Down

1:47 min
13

There Is a Place

2:19 min
14

Movie

1:05 min
15

Wwii

1:38 min
16

Time May Tell

2:07 min
17

Little Man

2:19 min
18

Image of Guilt

1:36 min
19

Broken Mirror

2:36 min
20

Let Go

2:46 min
21

Running In the Shadows

2:47 min
1

Poor Man’s Jungle

2:26 min
2

City Unlimited

1:31 min
3

In Disguise

3:30 min
4

Split

2:40 min
5

Days In Heaven

2:18 min
6

Between Borders

1:35 min
7

Under Control

1:44 min
8

Dirty White Lies

2:19 min
9

Obscure Emotion

2:28 min
10

No Form

2:09 min
11

Look

2:22 min
12

Time Keeps Time

2:08 min
13

Cheap Labor

1:48 min
14

Hands Down

2:40 min
15

Nothing To Fear

3:56 min
16

Someday Maybe

2:46 min
17

Ancient Youth

3:03 min
18

On Common Ground

2:31 min
19

In This Circle of Time

2:45 min
20

Under Control (Live)

2:22 min
21

Nothing To Fear (Live)

3:50 min
22

Falling

2:29 min
23

Living For a Change

2:14 min
24

KBOO FM Retrospective Tribute

1:03 min

About Sooner or Later

The Neo Boys stand out as both critically important and criminally unknown. From 1978 to 1983, these four young women bashed out quirky, clattering, unpolished music that charmed and seduced in a way similar to work by The Slits and The Raincoats. All-female bands were exceedingly rare at the time, and The Neo Boys were the first in Portland, Ore. Even with an early 1980 7” EP released by The Wipers’ Greg Sage, they seemed to fly under the radar of most punk fans, both then and now. This massive new collection was curated with the steadfast guidance of K Records’ Calvin Johnson. It features live sessions, demos, and studio recordings (including that long-out-of-print 1980 EP and the self-released 1982 “Crumbling Myths” EP). Here's hoping this puts The Neo Boys on the punk history map with a big star. From the raw, opening live track (“Kids”) to studio gems like “Give Me the Message,” The Neo Boys' youthful passion and playfulness, intertwined with a palpable disgust at gender roles and sexist tropes, pulses with a kind of excitement and energy that still thrills some 35 years on.