Monday, March 27, 2017

#2469 The Verlaines - Juvenilia

It's New Zealand week again! Get ready to hear the word "jangly" a lot.

Bouncing, jangly guitar rock that would sound 90's-sitcom-theme-song-ready, if not for those baroque edges, those simmering patient stretches, that strained accent, that prescient light dissonance. The there's flecks of American indie/underground/alternative in every chord, crystallized into weird shapes, a catchy, offkilter romp through the present and future of a half dozen bands.

Specifically: Unicorns fans, did you hear that I Was Born a Unicorn-into-Jellybones guitar part at 2:25 of New Kind of Hero? Neat.

4/5

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