doin' their thing on Woodsist records (2008)
At first go round, the way this Brooklyn five-piece deliberately smothers their sound in lo-fi has the potential to come off as exhibitionist. Call it too affected or just plain unpleasant, the band's songs feel as if they were recorded in some long-abandoned New York subway tunnel: a few lonesome mics at one end and the band waxing drowsy at the other. Take another minute or two to let their muffle-rock tunes fully seep in, however, and you might find yourself enjoying the way this recording style actually softens any delineations between the dampened percussion, jangly guitars, and mumbling vocals--merging them into a single blurry cloud of enveloping noise and melody that's surprisingly catchy as well as perfect for lying around and doing nothing.
The band's full length album Alight of Night, which came out only a few months after this EP was released last summer, is also pretty excellent. Although six songs of brooding lo-fi rock is just the right dosage, if you ask me.
Don't miss highpoints include "Crippled Croon," "Converging In The Quiet," and "Shattered Shine." They are the tunes that have been firmly stuck in the shadows of my head for almost a year now.
At first go round, the way this Brooklyn five-piece deliberately smothers their sound in lo-fi has the potential to come off as exhibitionist. Call it too affected or just plain unpleasant, the band's songs feel as if they were recorded in some long-abandoned New York subway tunnel: a few lonesome mics at one end and the band waxing drowsy at the other. Take another minute or two to let their muffle-rock tunes fully seep in, however, and you might find yourself enjoying the way this recording style actually softens any delineations between the dampened percussion, jangly guitars, and mumbling vocals--merging them into a single blurry cloud of enveloping noise and melody that's surprisingly catchy as well as perfect for lying around and doing nothing.
The band's full length album Alight of Night, which came out only a few months after this EP was released last summer, is also pretty excellent. Although six songs of brooding lo-fi rock is just the right dosage, if you ask me.
Don't miss highpoints include "Crippled Croon," "Converging In The Quiet," and "Shattered Shine." They are the tunes that have been firmly stuck in the shadows of my head for almost a year now.
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