There's No 'I' in Cherem

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There's No 'I' in Cherem
Groggers no i in cherem.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedAugust 29, 2011 (2011-08-29)
Genre Jewish music, pop punk
Length30:37
Label CD Baby
Singles from There's No 'I' in Cherem
  1. "Get"
    Released: May 2, 2010
  2. "Eishes Chayil"
    Released: October 28, 2010
  3. "Upper West Side Story"
    Released: September 6, 2011
  4. "The Shidduch Hits the Fan"
    Released: October 3, 2011

There's No 'I' in Cherem is the debut album by American Jewish pop punk band The Groggers, released through CD Baby on August 29, 2011. Originating as a series of demos recorded by lead singer L.E. Doug Staiman in his bedroom, he formed the Groggers in early 2010 after the video for "Get" became a minor viral hit. The album was engineered by Aryeh Kunstler and features vocals from Bram Presser of the Australian Jewish punk band Yidcore.

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Reception

Binyomin Ginzberg of The Forward praised the album for its "good-natured yet sarcastic take on contemporary Judaism". [1] Blogger Heshy Fried, writing for Heeb magazine, called it "pop-punk, feel-good music that makes you bob your head in the car and forget about the stop and go traffic on your morning commute." [2]

Track listing

All tracks are written by L.E. Doug Staiman.

No.TitleLength
1."Yetzer Hara"2:18
2."Farbrengiton" (feat. Bram Presser of Yidcore)2:55
3."Malka Jihad"2:50
4."One Last Shatnez"3:17
5."Friday Night Lights"2:52
6."The Shidduch Hits the Fan"2:32
7."Upper West Side Story"2:35
8."Eishes Chayil"3:22
9."Get"2:24
10."There's No 'I' in Cherem"3:47
11."Don't Play Ball on Shabbos"1:43
Total length:30:37

Personnel

The Groggers
Other

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References

  1. Ginzberg, Binyomin (Sep 19, 2011). "Monday Music: Making a Loving Mockery of Modern Orthodoxy". The Forward . Retrieved 24 August 2015.
  2. Fried, Heshy (September 6, 2011). "Music Review: The Groggers". Heeb . Retrieved 25 August 2015.