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- Summary: The seventh full-length release from the Philadelphia psych-punk trio includes influences from pop and indie rock music.
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- Record Label: Drag City
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock, Garage Punk
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Sep 18, 2014Weirdon feels more lighthearted than its predecessor, offering just as many aggressive guitar freakouts and blasts of antagonistic noise, but handing them over this time with a smirk instead of a scowl.
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Sep 18, 2014Purling Hiss’s rough but accessible rock, made with craftsmanship and taste, does a difficult thing. It pleases old indie-heads just as easily as it can draw in the new kids.
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Sep 23, 2014All said and done, thumbs up on Polizze’s songwriting, the trio’s playing, as well as production work on Weirdon.
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Sep 18, 2014Weirdon doesn’t attempt to alter the course or conviction of Polizze’s faith in six strings, a volume knob, and the truth, but it does make it more compelling than ever.
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Oct 13, 2014Weirdon works very well for what it is--a celebration of rock guitar and pop melody.
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Oct 10, 2014The songs are tightly threaded by the band's mastermind Mike Polizze and his warbly drawl rhapsodizing about aging fast, learning slow and experiencing something profound during the moments in between.
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Nov 6, 2014Like the Brian Jonestown Massacre playing the Dinosaur Jr. songbook, Purling Hiss digs deep into the concept of ragged but right.