Black Rebel Motorcycle Club Specter At The Feast
(Vagrant)
This is the first BRMC record that had me interested since HOWL, largely due to the teasers that were posted to the band's website in recent months. Black Rebel's sound doesn't really change album to album, but this one has the tight focus that the first two records had. Heavy jackets, heavy guitars, heavy subject matter, and finally a return to form from a talented band that felt as if they were going through the motions there for a minute.
Youth Lagoon Wondrous Bughouse
(Fat Possum)
With today's general acceptance of the merging of electronic and analog music, it can sometimes be difficult to tell the difference between new artists. You won't have this problem after Trevor Powers starts to sing. And while his prepubescent nasal delivery is the same, Wonderous Bughouse is a musical expansion on 2011's Year of Hibernation. This album is more colorful (like the cover) and the songwriting seems more positive/upbeat/adventurous than wistful/sleepy/indifferent. Use headphones for optimum immersion.
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