||| MDRF001 THE BEATINGS: ITALIANO ||| MDRF002 THE BEATINGS: 6 HZ ||| MDRF003 THE BEATINGS: THE HEART, THE PRODUCT, THE MACHINE AND THE ASSHOLE ||| MDRF004 THE AUTUMN RHYTHM: SECRET SONGS ||| MDRF005 THE BEATINGS: IF NOT NOW THEN WHEN? ||| MDRF006 PENDING DISAPPOINTMENT: OFF THE STARBOARD BOW ||| MDRF007 THE BEATINGS: HOLDING ON TO HAND GRENADES ||| MDRF008 KUDGEL: SEA MONKEE PLUS SEVEN ||| MDRF009 ELDRIDGE RODRIGUEZ: THIS CONSPIRACY AGAINST US ||| MDRF010 SCUBA S/T ||| MDRF011 ELDRIDGE RODRIGUEZ: ...AND THE THUNDER CHIEF ||| MDRF012 PENDING DISAPPOINTMENT: NEW YORK PENN, NY ||| MDRF013 GET HELP: THE END OF THE NEW COUNTRY

THE BEATINGS
If Not Now, Then When?

AUG 2005 | 22:00 | CD EP

TRACK LISTING
01. Feel Good Ending
02. Stockholm Syndrome Relapse
03. Pretty Faces
04. All Dead Heroes
05. If Not Now, Then When?*

Produced by Paul Q. Kolderie and The Beatings,
except for * produced by Tim Shea and The Beatings.

All songs recorded by Tim Shea @ Analog Divide in Allston, MA.

REVIEWS
"Produced by Paul Q. Kolderie and engineered by Boston stalwart Tim Shea (of The Black Helicopter), the Beatings have a new five-song EP, If Not Now, Then When? that does move me, right down to the bottom of my aging, curmudgeonly, candy apple grey heart. It is not damning with faint praise to say that the Beatings remind me of Mission of Burma; only rarely can a band pursue Burma's post-punk ideal of brittle soundscapes replete with feedback, scratchy guitars, and dry vocals and have it sound any good; usually such bands just sound like they're ripping off Burma with a little Pixies on the side. But the Beatings have managed the rare trick of appropriating some of the astringent, hyperintelligent sound invented by Mission of Burma but making it sound human, intimate, and alive in a way that Burma never could...Given that the newest songs on If Not Now, Then When? are the best, I await this winter's release of their new full length(tentatively titled Holding On To Hand Grenades with 'bated breath. These kids could soon be really, really great."
—John Owen, Blogcritics.org

"It's a specific breed of monster that plays in a band with a name like The Beatings...The Beatings have no such trouble with incongruity, as Eldridge Rodriguez, Tony Skalicky, Erin Dalbec and Dennis Grabowski have been abusing and defiling Bostonians' eardrums for years now. Their 2002 full-length, Italiano, garnered pole-smoking from the Village Voice to the Washington Post, and everybody in between. This record, a loud 22-minute EP, is meant to satiate the rabid masses' clamor for fresh Beatings, while final preparations are made for a winter 2005 LP. If their latest, If Not Now, Then When?, is any indication, winter can't get here quickly enough. The Beatings come out swinging, with Rodriguez snarling, "When the money runs out and the sun comes out, that's when the guns come out" over driving guitar riffs and machine-gun drumrolls on "Feel Good Ending." "Pretty Faces" and "All Dead Heroes" are similarly righteous, while the title track, a longtime live staple, is a terrific fuck-you anthem. There's nothing contrived or gimmicky about this band or their music; it's honest, unpretentious and all-too rare."
—Paul McMorrow, Boston's Weekly Dig