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Summary:
Recorded in world-renowned Sweet Tea studios, the experimental musical project started by San Diego-based Nathan Williams leaves laptop production and fuses fuzzy garage-rock with psychedelic pop for the new album.
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- Record Label: Fat Possum
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock
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Top Track
Baby Say Goodbye | |
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I hear her voice in the morning shower See her waiting from the water tower See her falling through the fog in the mirror See her waving from a... | See the rest of the song lyrics |
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Positive: 18 out of 30
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Mixed: 12 out of 30
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Negative: 0 out of 30
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The album is saturated with high poly-harmonies, finger-snaps and hand claps, but the Charles Atlas-invoking title communicates Wavves' real agenda--"nyah-nyah" pop sucker-punches, sunny smiles so forced they come off as sneers, intense self-deprecation as psychic body armor.
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The result is a 12-song collection of washed-out summer tunes perfect for beach outings and late-night house parties.
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Featuring two members of the late great Jay Reatard's band--the towering garage rawk that defined his sound is tangible with Wavves too but here left to bathe in the sun and taken for a quick dip in the ocean.
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On the third Wavves full-length, a one-man bedroom experiment blossoms into a real band, with Jay Reatard's feisty backing duo and Modest Mouse's producer beefing up low-fi strumming, smiling melodies and zonked studio whimsy.
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One knock-on effect of going professional is that you can now hear the music clearly and properly, and it turns out that Mr. Williams isn't exactly a Mozart in the songwriting stakes.
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Perhaps another period spent in oblivion is just what Williams needs to figure out his next move, or rather, his next image.
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Dec 20, 2010It's half-baked as well, never distinguishing itself from other rock & roll throwbacks.
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Positive: 6 out of 6
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Mixed: 0 out of 6
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Negative: 0 out of 6
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