We Are Nots

Nots
Goner Records
General | Nov 2014

Reviews

Your Imaginary Friend
Reviewed 2014-11-26
Sassy bratty new wavey punky sci fi electroclashy. Sneering familiar female vocs almost X Ray Specs, early Siouxsie in tone. Riot Grrl element in its brashness. New wave organ, driving bass and drums. But heavily treated guitar really makes this interesting: psycho use of delays, high resonance flange, etc gives it a sci-fi feel when it's not full on early Sonic Youth dissonant. Wondering if the Thee Oh See's gratuitous use of echoey effects and weirdness in otherwise straightforward garage/punk is influencing all these bands of late. Play also with Hookworms, Lorelle, Dhaga Bloom, Lost Sounds, Beelzebub Youth. Great stuff, all tracks brief, play any.

1*) (2:37) upbeat bouncy new wave punky with cool dissonant sonic youth guitar
2) (1:46) driving punky
3)* (3:55) mid-up paced, slows tribal at end allowing freaky guitar to come thru
4) (2:46) bass driven, mid rocker
5) (0:49) super brief like this totally punky blast should be
6) (2:20) straightforward rocker
7) (2:03) little more halting, new wavey
8) (1:40) driving again new wavey
9) (3:40) bass starts this off, another hard driving piece
10)* (2:56) slower slightly tribal beat, cool vocal efx etc
11)* (2:07) nice mid paced tom tom beat

Recent airplay

Insect Eyes
truth to forceNov 05, 2018
Insect Eyes
Magnetized TonerOct 09, 2018
Insect Eyes
HomeroomMar 25, 2017
Reactor
HomeroomMar 18, 2017
Reactor
radio sevenFeb 18, 2016
Reactor
ShytownMar 30, 2015

Charting

2014-11-28 — 2015-01-30
Week EndingAirplays
Feb 1 3
Jan 25 1
Jan 18 1
Jan 11 2
Dec 14 3
Dec 7 6

Track listing

1. Insect Eyes
2. Decadence
3. Reactor
4. Strange Rage
5. Get Along
6. Black Mold
7. Static
8. Monochromatic
9. White Noise
10. Televangelist
11. Talk Show