Thursday, 18 October 2007The Old House - Weekend driver on Louder than bombs records The Old House Weekend Driver / Group Texts of Best Wishes Louder than Bombs records Released Oct 8th, 2007 500 pressed There is a huge void left by the absence of Pavement, the side projects of Mr Malkmus are great, I love them in their own way, but the first two Pavement albums ushered in a new era of lo-fi, in fact they essentially popularized the lack of sound, only to come full circle by brighten the corners, settling into a mellow studio sound. Maybe bands have stayed away from this sound because it's impossible to go down this road and even hint at a connection which will overpower every 7 inch. Not to be confused with that home repair show, The Old House is going back to those early years, the guitar sound is clean on top of lazy distortion underneath, and vocals that start with the guitars, it's that immediate, no time to waste on intros and creating a mood, these are the songs, listen to this half pop constructed out of what's left from a 50 dollar guitar and the scraps of lyrics on torn napkins. Weekend driver is that anti-hook, anti anthem gem that if you close your eyes, it's the second coming, and it couldn't be soon enough. I hope they aren't taking themselves too seriosuly, this track is half about attitude, don't try too hard, or all bets are out the window. I know you are in it to win it, but I don't want to hear it. Let me imagine the myth...the band meeting at their crappy fast-food jobs, getting together on the weekends, that's who I want to succeed. There's a lot of joyfull oh whoa oh oh oh oh's which make perfect sense. On 'Loud Noises' (the only complete track on their myspace) it sounds like Steve Malkmus sing talking and Tim Kasher from Cursive yelling every other end of a verse, it's the best of both worlds. You can hear the lack of convention, the willingness to take chances from individuals that are pushing boundaries together, this is only the beginning. The flip side has a fuzzed up beat, everything running through a crappy speaker and then reworked by layers of vocals on top...another impressive offereing. Nothing bad so far. Fact is, they know how good they are and they are only going to give us clips of the tracks on their myspace, it only makes me want this that much more and saddens me to think stateside we are missing out big time...hopefully only for the moment. Jason Dean Labels: cursive, louder than bombs records, pavement, the old house, weekend driver
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