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LOSING TODAY
mapping out the future of music
Meow Meow ‘Sick Fixation’ (Devil in the Woods / Integrity).
A quick return to these pages for Los Angeles based Meow Meow following
their highly infectious Earlies / Spiritualized meets head on at
full speed Jesus and Mary Chain debut ‘Cracked’. With
a long player waiting feverishly in the shadows slated for release
next month time enough for this 3-track taster to pull in a few
wandering souls. ‘Sick Fixation’ is one of those cuts
that grows with each attendant listen, not as immediate as ‘Cracked’ it
has to said but still packing a brutal West Coast punch. Slacker
pop for the beach kids, ‘Sick Fixation’ is so laid
back its horizontal, tingling fuzzing guitars with Wilson brothers
sun kissed harmonies craftily reminiscent of Husker Du as though
tamed and lulled by the Mayflies and Velvet Crush. Better still
is the kooky heat stroked ‘Breathe Easy’ with its trace
fumes of Elephant 6’s finest breezing in the stratosphere
and without a shadow of doubt housing some of the most comatose
guitar riffs you are ever likely to hear for the rest of the year.
Bringing up the rear in a strangely odd fashion is the decidedly
creak and off balanced ‘Rewind’ which is sort of a
acoustic lullaby and then not a acoustic lullaby if you get my
drift, imagine the characters from the Magic Roundabout sleeping
off a real bad night on the ale with Dylan much to wired to fall
into slumber trying to sing himself to sleep. You know you want
it. www.integrityrecords.co.uk
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