I was lucky enough to be sent a CD copy of this download only new album by YEAH CLEMTINES who are Marc Laurick (formerly of Certain General) and Melissa Phillips with the aid of Howard Harrison who has also worked with Martin Bisi and Graham Brice who is also in the Wooden Hills with Marc Laurick.
Together they make a sound that used to be known as college rock or at least the music that used to be played on US College radio. From the opening Bortle Scale there is lots of crunchy and crackly fuzz guitars with a good clean solo going over the top.
Gualtero has lots of fizzing fuzzy guitars while Marc and Melissa sing about how standing in front of you is Gualtero, but for a song that could well stick in your head for a good long while you need to hear Maiden Castle whose bass intro reminded me straightaway of 28th Day and as they sing about walking up a Roman Road to a castle I wasn't thinking about my local Roman road but something much more mythic as the song built.
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As the album went on I kept hearing stuff that reminds me of obscure early 90's band Holly Has A Farm sort of crossed with the Drop Nineteens. Lots of fuzzy guitars to Waltz in A too, but the real stand out track is Abigail that has a great repeating riff with the guitars rumbling off it and some pretty cool lyrics too.
The album closes with I Felt So, a Parker Dulany and Kevin Tooley tune and it wraps things up nicely. This is worth seeking out, a really cool little album.
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