Shearwater: “Palo Santo”
(Misra Records)
Having tossed their folk ideas under the bus, Shearwater’s into Talk Talk these days as you may have heard, but it’s not quite that simple; there’s an altie slant to the stuff that’s indicative of a Yo La Tengo CD-buying binge (”La Dame et la Licorne”) and a delving into somebody’s old vinyl collection that uncovered some cobwebby Supertramp (”Red Sea, Black Sea”). “White Waves” evidences a stolid confidence in their riffing, busted-amp-tube Brian Jonestown non sequiturs adding to some thankfully drawn out skag-haze that’s a slo-mo mutation of “19th Nervous Breakdown.” While we’re there, fuzz (as well as hints of bent-circuitry) is a major part of the plan now, as if they’d come back from some sort of week-long Pitchfork-fest and decided that the Melvins were God, and Jonathan Meiburg’s voice has been working out on a Jeff Buckley-meets-Billy Joel bag, so it’s now even more nerve-wracking, like a box of broken glass shaken by an orangutan.
Related posts:
Want to Get Published? Get The Unconventional Guide To Publishing. Vital Advice To Make It Happen
"This guy sounds really hot, insightful, and creative. I was actually somewhat turned on by reading this. I'd like to..."
"One of the worst authors of all time. Stories are disjointed as if he forgets what he has already written. Conversations between..."
"wonderful and illuminating interview..."
"awesome..."
"This Robert unfortunately came on the time when Albania was in trouble and people were depressed because they lost all..."