Vinyl release of their first self released album with bonus tracks, following their debut "Cracked Love and Other Drugs" on Hardly Art. Rob Vertigo stared directly in to a photograph of Dean Whitmore for 3 full days and wrote this about what you can expect.

Somehow Dean has wrung out of his ADD riddled wet-lobes more catchy tracks than one would think imaginable. Seemingly hundreds since his first foray into 4-track. But catchy don't mean just simple or clean. There's a history of Pacific NW grime, grit and a snarling wry wit caked under his fingernails. Just because his calloused hands bleat out garage perfection doesn't mean something clattery, weird or dark isn't gonna' be around the bend. Angular knee-jerk rock, Fuzz-muffed and Muddled-ga-runge, overcast punkish gloom, heavy stoner chug, Sonics soulful belting, Redd Kross speed and sugar crunched pop. The whole fawking caboodle is on the table. And this carry-on contains HITS. Someday hopefully this eclectic Helpers catalog will be remembered and/or regarded as important as the works of elder-punks Rob Vasquez (who?! Go learn something kids...it's HISTORY), Kurt Bloch or even Fred Cole. If we know what's best. This is the type of music-stuff that rings loudly in HATE's flannel-wrapped Buddy Bradley's brain, if that old dweeb even listens to R&R anymore.

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Track Listing

Lights Down Low
Gettin' Classy
Meat Soup
Garbage Time
Death Door Knock
Mr. Children
Becky Is a Bummer
Milk Break
Con-Monk
Operation Dry Pants
Ugly Things
Seems Sick Now
Vox Human
I'm In Crisis
Cardboard Swords