"Not content with releasing one of the finest debuts of 2009, 5 O’Clock Shadowboxers followed it up last April with an arguably better EP. The brilliance of Broken Clocks is in the way it takes a panorama scope – with a greater number of collaborators, remixes and samples – and turning it into a more focused record. Blurry Drones is a ferret with the crates, digging up aural gold and flipping it the simplest and most effective way. But he and Zilla Rocca have also loosened up their neckties, altering what was previously moody and shoulder-shuffling to something ready for the floor. On the mic, Zilla sounds lean and confident, his flows crackling with black-tongued wit. Get your claws on this EP or risk getting clocked out."--Matt Shea
Broken Clocks Glossary, a guide to understand the hard-boiled language of 5 O'Clock Shadowboxers
Bird baths: onlookers
Blue collar laundromat: nine-to-five job
Boogie man: police officer
Bottomfeeders: gossip folks
Buttons: police
Chalk: shotgun shell
Cold metal: old pistol
Crazy straw: cocaine habit
Dirt naps: funeral/coffins
Dollar store: shooting gallery
Dosage: bribes
Drivethru boombox: weak music
Dutch act: to vanish
Eric Lindros: divisive hockey star for the Philadelphia Flyers
Lolita: temptuous young lady
Low dose Adidas: exclusive sneakers
On the lam: on the run
Paper planes: money
Permanent summertime: Hell
Powertools: automatic weapons
Skirt: female
Step-dad: imposter
Think tank reminder: brilliant idea
Twilight spoiler: a drink before sundown
Two dollar lunch: alcohol
released 30 March 2010
5 O'Clock Shadowboxers are Douglas Martin aka Blurry Drones and Zilla Rocca.
All songs produced by 5 O'Clock Shadowboxers
All beats by Douglas Martin aka Blurry Drones except where noted
Recorded, mixed, and mastered by Zilla Rocca @ The Lizard Lounge. Philadelphia, PA from April 2009-March 2010
Artwork by Objektiv 1
Press and booking inquiries: Dom Pinelli of Public Axis LLC.
Publicaxis215@gmail.com
Copyright Three Dollar Pistol Music 2010