Labels: Merge
Review by: Alex Deller
Here’s a sweet little thing: two fellas who previously created splendid music with Triclops! And Brainiac playing stripped-down indie punk. The first track sounds like a boombox version of first (and best) album QOTSA, the hazy pop melodies distilled down into a minute-long, ultra sugary espresso shot while the next lurches into a dab of Pavement-esque kookiness that’s able to right itself before things descend into slackerdaisical 90s whimsy. These “” barring the occasional glazed comedown or the hypersweet 12-bar Quo boogie of ‘Someone’ “” are the overriding influences throughout, all of which makes for a deft synthesis of fun, spry, light-touch punk and whickering Shins / GBV vibes that’re slippery enough stay just the right side of unctuous. Overall it’s short, succinct and hard to pin down, but these traits are aids rather than hindrances and help ensure ‘Daughter Of Everything’ is as lithe and many splendored debut as you could hope to find.