Has any rock band in history been more in love with the whine of an organ than Crystal Antlers? On the SoCal six-piece's debut, Victor Rodriguez's buzzing, shrieking organ chords are pushed to the front of the mix — the heroic voice that arcs above the band's riotous guitar-bass-drums clamor. Songs like "Dust" and the bluesy "Andrew" evoke late-Sixties garage rock, but there are hints of other styles: German krautrock, Japanese noise rock and, in "Until the Sun Dies (Part One)," the free-jazz eruptions of late-period Coltrane. It's unclear what frontman Jonny Bell is caterwauling about, but it scarcely matters. The vocals are just another sound bubbling up through the thick sonic stew — the "lead singer" here is the organ.
(Posted: Apr 14, 2009)
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- Painless Sleep
- Dust
- Time Erased
- Andrew
- Vapor Trail
- Tentacles
- Until the Sun Dies (Part 1)
- Memorized
- Glacier
- Foot of the Mountain
- Your Spears
- Swollen Sky
- Several Tongues
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