MONDAY NIGHT! When Lifer clicks, though, it’s unkillable. Hired Gun slices open its own means of entry with Utz’s needling, staccato harmonics; Laumann’s lax snarl hits peak slacker charisma, and the swaggering riffage mixed with wah-pedal leads imagines J. Mascis jamming with Rocket from the Crypt. Things get downright punk on Toy, although the album’s angriest track, Day by Day, scratches and swarms without fully blowing the hatch off. Rare Air is the album’s best song, a snakelike sashay through pinging effects and a dub-worthy bassline from John Jones, formerly of fellow Baltimore band Roomrunner. But even then, Utz’s thick, surfy riff could have come straight off a Pixies outtake. Wanna be original/ Don’t wanna be a wannabe, Laumann sings, and it’s not clear at all if the irony is lost on him. - Pitchfork WHEN: MONDAY, NOVEMBER 10TH, 2014 WHERE: LIBERTY BAR DOORS/COVER: 10PM - $5 - ALL AGES FB EVENT: https://facebook/events/307350396117952/?source=1 DOPE BODY (Baltimore, MD - Drag City Records) dragcity/artists/dope-body w/ ROOMRUNNER (Baltimore, MD - Exploding In Sound Records) https://facebook/rmrnnr and EX-BREATHERS (Tallahassee, Fl - Texas Is Funny Records) https://facebook/exbreathers youtu.be/S6WNtre_1Ng
Posted on: Fri, 07 Nov 2014 20:01:59 +0000
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