new album just dropped; here's the imo best track, which I've rather hyperbolically described as 'an Ice Hockey Hair for the 20s'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3kVTX5pJWY
but really their 2020 album 'the peculiar smell of the inevitable' is the one, a staggeringly 'what if we precision-engineered an indie-rock album for lj' sort of achievement, a breakneck 36-minute joyride through absurdly intense garagey psych-punk with the most addictive harmonising vocals in living memory. discovered the other week, already one of my favourite albums ever
https://adoseofchemtrails.bandcamp.com/album/the-peculiar-smell-of-the-inevitable-lp
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Abi8Mqyeyys
― imago, Sunday, 21 January 2024 09:18 (one year ago)
B-52 doing Garage Rock. Whats not to like?
― nostormo, Sunday, 21 January 2024 22:47 (one year ago)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cH3T16VE8ts
― reggie (qualmsley), Thursday, 25 January 2024 22:17 (one year ago)
missold them as indie rock to mimic the ratboys thread but honestly I demand the Snooper massive drop by and give The Peculiar Smell Of The Inevitable a whirl. demand!
― imago, Monday, 29 January 2024 20:54 (one year ago)
perhaps I didn't post enough videos. this is from the EP immediately preceding that album (that points the way to it) and well, don't they remind you a bit of a certain psych-prog-punk band eh? bonus: the video is good!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AwbDD6htGYs
― imago, Monday, 29 January 2024 21:51 (one year ago)
breaking my lurk-rule to say i checked out the album on this recommendation and while i was a bit confused as to how they were Imago Approved, but they totally won me over by the end of it.
yeah it's funny, they *do* have some of the early/mid-80s cardiacs favoured chord changes but it all stays in this very straight garage-y power pop comfort-food area.
the 1-2-3 in the middle of Blurred Visions, Rats and then Uncanny Valley is A+++
― linee, Tuesday, 30 January 2024 07:49 (one year ago)
honestly I can't really explain it either, but I just cannot stop wanting to put it back on. what have they laced the audio with ffs! they are very good at making the exact most arresting melodic choice possible
― imago, Tuesday, 30 January 2024 08:43 (one year ago)
throw in the blown-out Sing To God production, all in-the-red urgency and piercing keyboards at the highest edge of the sound, and um yes lol
― imago, Tuesday, 30 January 2024 08:56 (one year ago)