Thursday, December 10, 2015

#1979 Count Five - Psychotic Reaction

Sounds of early second-wave American garage - these guys were copying (and covering) The Who before it was cool. End up sounding more like The Small Faces. Could do worse.

There's invention and energy here, but it's not on fire - the boys can't quite just let it fly. They want to sound *good*, or at least like their British heroes, worshiping American rock the long way around. There's ambition in the crannies where there should be --fuckit--[* **] - - * , and it steals some of that garagey energy, till it sounds also-ran in retrospect 3/5

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