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- Summary: The garage punk rock band moved from San Francisco to Brooklyn for its second album.
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- Record Label: Kanine Records
- Genre(s): Garage Punk, Lo-Fi
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Apr 5, 2012Despite its psych-rock influences, the duo doesn't rely on a variety of instruments to convey the mood. Instead, the band doubles down on reverb, feedback, haunting vocals and doom guitar.
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Apr 5, 2012Better Luck Next Life, their second full-length, does lapse out of recalcitrance, but its immersion makes for a worthy distraction.
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Apr 5, 2012On good nights, the band conjures a singularly eerie vibe. But on Better Luck Next Life, it's not always coming through.
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Apr 5, 2012Royal Baths delivers a solid record front to back on Better Luck Next Life, but it's also a record that may be too true to its influences.
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Apr 5, 2012There's an unsettling haze that inches along with Better Luck Next Life, due in part to vocal duties shared among the off-kilter pairing of Jeremy Cox and Jigmae Baer.
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Apr 5, 2012Royal Baths' singing and playing have grown significantly since their debut.