At
the risk of sounding like a complete asshole (read: myself), I’m going to share
with you the revelation I came to when asking myself, “Now, why in the hell
would someone make yet another surf-rock tape?” The answer is this: these guys
are not only technically smooth (which is like 90% of why surf-rock exists,
right, because it’s fun and challenging to play scales?), but they manage to
make me think of the goddamn Gin Blossoms. Seriously, there’s something in the
tone of the guitar and the saccharine arpeggios being danced around upon that
scream ALLISON ROAD! I know that, for many, this may be a turn off, but, for
me, it’s a saving grace, and sure beats another straight up Ventures knock-off.
I bet this tape’ll sound even better after a few years of warble on a Mid-western
dashboard.
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- Jacob An Kittenplan
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