''Better Get Ready'' is the debut studio album by American Hasidic punk band
Moshiach Oi!
Moshiach Oi! is an American Hasidic hardcore punk band from Long Beach, New York. Formed in 2008 by lead singer Yishai Romanoff and guitarist Mike Wagner, they released their debut album, '' Better Get Ready'' (2009), on Shemspeed Records, fol ...
. The album, produced by guitarist
Mike Wagner and mastered by
Don Fury
Don Fury is an American recording engineer and producer who owned three rehearsal and recording studios in New York City. He has recorded and produced music for a variety of punk and hardcore bands including GG Allin, Agnostic Front, Sick of It A ...
, was released on June 20, 2009 through Shemspeed Records and the band's own Shabasa Records.
Reception
Emily Savage of ''
Jweekly'' described the album as "Simple, straight-forward, unabashed scroll-loving lyrics. All yelled at maximum volume of course." Alex Suskind of
The Forward said, "Moshiach Oi! has found a divine balance of religion and rock
nduses the traditional punk sound of raucous guitars and boisterous vocals to explore Jewish ideals and values."
Patrick Aleph of
Jewcy summarized ''Better Get Ready'' as "a blistering punk rock
siddurim that effortlessly ties together
Black Flag and
Rambam,
7 Seconds and
the Rebbe
Menachem Mendel Schneerson (Modern Hebrew: מנחם מענדל שניאורסון; old-fashioned spelling: מנחם מענדל שניאורסאהן; April 5, 1902 OS – June 12, 1994; AM 11 Nissan 5662 – 3 Tammuz 5754), known to man ...
,
The Casualties and the
Kabballists."
Track listing
Personnel
Moshiach Oi!
*
Yishai Romanoff
Yishai Romanoff is an American Hasidic musician, best known as the lead singer for the Breslov punk band Moshiach Oi!. Romanoff, as well as the rest of the band, is featured prominently in the 2012 documentary ''Punk Jews''. He is also a drumme ...
– lead vocals, guitar, drums
*
Mike Wagner – guitar, vocals
*Mitchell "Mordechai" Harrison – bass guitar, vocals
*
Paul Alpert – drums on "I Love Torah" and "Moshiach Oi!"
Other
*Mike Wagner – producer, engineering, mixing
*
Don Fury
Don Fury is an American recording engineer and producer who owned three rehearsal and recording studios in New York City. He has recorded and produced music for a variety of punk and hardcore bands including GG Allin, Agnostic Front, Sick of It A ...
– mastering
*Rabbi Moshe Wilkominsky – spoken word intro on "Shabbos"
*Gavriel Saks –
synth on "I Love Torah"
*Linda Miriam – screaming on "Shabbos"
*Ahron Moeller – art direction
*Erez Safar – cover design
*Breeah Berezin-Bahr – cover photography
References
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2009 debut albums
Moshiach Oi! albums