Essentially a glorified single for "A.K.A. I-D-I-O-T" from
the Hives'
Barely Legal album, this five-song EP features the title tune (duh!) along with four otherwise unavailable sides from the band's formative period. If you dig
the Hives, these tracks find them in typically fast, loud, and attitudinal form, especially on the hot-wired "Fever" and "Outsmarted," in which their garage rock snazz waves wild and free, and "Untutored Youth," which features some inspired speechifying from the ever-thoughtful
Howlin' Pelle. And if you don't dig
the Hives, you're utterly hopeless, and the band would likely agree with that observation. More for the hardcore than the casual,
A.K.A. I-D-I-O-T offers bold entertainment regardless of where you stand on this crucial issue. ~ Mark Deming