New Music Initiative 055: The Growlers
Jan. 15th, 2013 08:26 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
bedsitter23My first big band find (via Iowa Public radio) is the Growlers.
I would say this California band plays Nuggets-style classic garage rock, but come to find out, the band calls it "Beach Goth".
Hmmm, never thought of that.
The band does meld 60s garage rock, with some psychedelia and surf sounds. It's a distant relative to bands like Deadbolt, and with any band that indulges in these sounds, the Cramps came up (though vocalist Brooks Nielsen has none of Lux Interior's Iggy-isms, instead of playing a straight sound that is closer to forgotten heroes like Gene Pitney and Ricky Nelson, or at least Sky Saxon.) Yet with that mix of sounds, they sound a bit similar at times to sh*tgaze bands like The Crystal Stilts. One suspects, they could probably ditch Nielsen (not that I would recommend it) and with a few tweaks easily become a Jesus and Mary Chain cover band.
The band has been championed by Julian Casablancas, Devandra Banhardt, and Dan Auerbach of the Black Keyes is producing the new album Hung at Heart. In any case, giving yourself the title "Beach Goth" sets up some expectations (though "Jan Berry is Dead" would be a great idea for a song) and garage rock is harder than you think, but this is really down my alley, so I am passing it along.
I would say this California band plays Nuggets-style classic garage rock, but come to find out, the band calls it "Beach Goth".
Hmmm, never thought of that.
The band does meld 60s garage rock, with some psychedelia and surf sounds. It's a distant relative to bands like Deadbolt, and with any band that indulges in these sounds, the Cramps came up (though vocalist Brooks Nielsen has none of Lux Interior's Iggy-isms, instead of playing a straight sound that is closer to forgotten heroes like Gene Pitney and Ricky Nelson, or at least Sky Saxon.) Yet with that mix of sounds, they sound a bit similar at times to sh*tgaze bands like The Crystal Stilts. One suspects, they could probably ditch Nielsen (not that I would recommend it) and with a few tweaks easily become a Jesus and Mary Chain cover band.
The band has been championed by Julian Casablancas, Devandra Banhardt, and Dan Auerbach of the Black Keyes is producing the new album Hung at Heart. In any case, giving yourself the title "Beach Goth" sets up some expectations (though "Jan Berry is Dead" would be a great idea for a song) and garage rock is harder than you think, but this is really down my alley, so I am passing it along.
