Wavves was born from mess, a bratty fallapart that was the best // worst thing about them. Followed by an awkward transition phase where they tried to shape up and be a real act, to underwhelming effect - lacking that blazing disregard, not arriving at anything worth being so serious about.
But with You're Welcome, they're out the other side. Here's a full-fledged album that takes advantage of the lack of messiness, that takes that effort and puts it to work on some killer hooks, weird little swervy stompers that've been rattling around in my head for days.
Flecks of electronics, doubled up detunes, further dips into surf rock proper - its way beyond stoner punk, into some kind of blasted piece of catchy weird, tendrils of The Mint Chicks (Million Enemies!) and The Russian Futurists (Come to the Valley!) arriving at what MGMT was going for, maybe. The first great front-to-back album from Wavves. If it lacks the dizzying highs of their larval stage, we'll just have to settle for 35 minutes of zero-filler delirium 4/5
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