Since their first single ‘Sincere’ came out of nowhere and became one of my favorite songs of the year, Happy Diving’s EP has been high on my wish list. The latest single Never Been is a signifier of it’s impending release this Tuesday with a Cassette version out on the 18th February on Father/Daughter records so if you like your music abrasive, euphoric and Weezer-esque then you should be as excited about this release as I am.
Well I’m gunna be honest, I kind of slept on Ty Segall the first time around. To remedy this I’m going to begin raging heavily about how his new band ‘Fuzz’ are the future of music and are gunna change everything until after 10 year long whirlwind of hype destroys everything we know about music, the smoke will clear all that will remain is this blog post and people will go “Yeah, that kid knew”.
This will almost definitely not happen but that does not mean that this isn’t great music.
Fuzz bring a slower, thicker groove to the screeching garage pop of his other stuff. It’s laden with chunky, Sabbath leads and grooving Mitch Mitchell esque drum beats. Yes it’s completely derivative but fuck it, if you’re reading this you probably weren’t about in the 60s/70s and if you were that makes you one of my treasured older readers – never leave me. Ultimately I can’t say much more than ‘THIS SHIT FUCKING ROX DOOD’ because that’s its purpose and it succeeds in doing so with every second – If you want to jam out to proto-metal stuff and kid yourself into feeling vaguely contemporary then you can’t get much better than this.
Hey older reader – tell me about the 60s bro? Comment
Will
The UK seems to have suddenly discovered that it doesn’t have to be polite anymore. A new wave of bands are pickpocketing the early 90s, setting its fuzz pedals to stun and kicking some fucking ass. Birdskulls from Brighton are doing this and doing it well. ‘Rolling Tongue’ is one side of a two track cassette being put out through Art is Hard and from the opening notes it sucks us in to the decade we were too young to explore at the time. The gnarly vocals sound like Cobain at his throat-tearing best – expect to see me at the front row drunkenly barking them ASAP! This band is so good that I’ve managed to persuade myself to order the cassette later just from writing about them – that takes skill.
Does anyone else struggle to spell ‘Tongue’? Comment!
Will
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