The Growlers
Gilded Pleasures
Smack Face Records
For a band that’s
only been around for six or so years, Californians The Growlers have packed a
lot in. Four full-length records, a slew of EPs, singles and split EPs have tumbled
from the band’s collective mind, frontman Brooks Nielsen being quoted as
saying, “If we had it our way, we would be doing a full-length album every
couple of months.”
Overload? Perhaps,
but if most recent release, the Gilded
Pleasures EP, is anything to go by, then in amongst the quantity is a good
dose of quality. Beginning with the shimmering, surf-guitar inspired Dogheart II, this release (which at nine
tracks qualifies for LP, as opposed to EP, status) stretches out, a fine, long
summer’s afternoon drunk of an album that sways and shuffles along with little
thought for anything other than a fine tune.
Change In Your Veins gets down low, a nice guitar workout towards the end; Ego Of Man is equal parts Johnny Cash
and spaghetti western twang; while Nobody
Owns You brings proceedings to a close with melodic aplomb.
3.5/5
Samuel J. Fell
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