Shock, horror etc: Australian band make excellent psych rock album, and not a whiff of Wolfmother or Jet.....
Innerspeaker is a great mix of psych rock, stoner riffs, classic 60s Brit(ish) pop - but thankfully avoids being a homage to things past. The three/four piece are led by Kevin Parker, whose voice is a focal point along with the swirling guitars, but this is a record that's very much the sum of its parts. Apparently recorded in a beach hut, it has benefitted from being mixed by Flaming Lips/Mercury Rev producer Dave Fridmann who's managed to ensure that everything sounds together, avoiding the perennial problem of psych rock bands who think it's all about the bass and guitars, and hang everything else.
It's not an album that's got obvious singles, so Innerspeaker is very much one to listen to as a complete piece. So crack out those 70s headphones, get yourself a bean bag chair and turn on....
18. Liars - Sisterworld.
Once again Liars produce a record that takes the listener to another place, and as usual that place is rather creepy and quite tense.
Sisterworld sounds like a mix of previous Liars records. It has the pounding drums of, ahem, Drum's Not Dead, the spookiness of They Were Wrong, So We Drowned, and the more straight-ahead art rock of Liars. It's heavy on echo, which is penetrated by either chants or buzzsaw guitars, or both, and it is simply a relentlessly creepy and brooding record.
Witness 'Scarecrows on a Killer Slant'. Mummy, I'm frightened. Excellent stuff from a band that's consistenly interesting.
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