What Tyrants / No Luck
Album: No Luck   Collection:General
Artist:What Tyrants   Added:Apr 2015
Label:Forged Artifacts  

A-File Activity
Add Date: 2015-05-15 Pull Date: 2015-07-17
Week Ending: Jun 7 May 31 May 24
Airplays: 1 2 3

Recent Airplay
1. Jun 03, 2015: The Fishbowl: Thalassophobia
Feeling Alright (I'm Okay)
4. May 23, 2015: Buford J. Sharkley Presents: As Told to Hervey Okkles
Far Out
2. May 30, 2015: Distractions
Feeling Alright (I'm Okay)
5. May 21, 2015: Pentagonal Banana
Scuzz
3. May 25, 2015: No Way To Say
Blue In The Face
6. May 21, 2015: Meow
Far Out

Album Review
Mr. Tumnus
Reviewed 2015-04-28
Garage rock/surf rock/fuzz rock. Drums, guitar, bass guitar, voice. It sounds like what you would get if a bunch of your buddies from high school got together and smashed up a few tracks. There’s a looseness and openness on this album. Unfortunately, in this case “looseness” extends to a lack of artistic clarity and finesse, and even though the artists seem sincere, I’m not sure they’re saying very much. Many of these tracks are underdeveloped; they bounce along for a couple minutes and then end where they began. The album is also low-energy for garage rock—I think they would have benefited from some more up-tempo tracks. Nevertheless, there’s a few tracks here that I intend to play. 4 is the best I think by far.

Recommended: 4, 8, 12

1) “Far Out” (2:34): Straightforward garage-y stuff.
2) “Muffins” (2:34): (FCC: goddamn?): Same as #1.
3) “No Luck” (2:28): (FCC: motherfucker): Cool drumroll at the beginning, but otherwise not much to say about this track.
4) “Feeling Alright (I’m Okay)” (3:54): Easier to understand the words here, and the bass guitar plays a groovy little beat. More interesting rhythms. Nice.
5) “Lean on the World” (1:52): (FCC: fuck) Repetitive guitar riff.
6) “Dancehall No. 2” (1:31): A bit more up-tempo, nice energy. Could have been a bit more developed.
7) “4’s and 5’s” (2:28): (FCC: shit) Kind of a nice groove here.
8) “Scuzz” (1:44): Good high-energy stuff, pretty relentless. Good fit for a high-energy punky set.
9) “Modern Man” (1:28): I really don’t like this. Fragmented.
10) “What Chu Want?” (3:16): Promising beat that doesn’t go anywhere.
11) “Shag” (3:28): (FCC: fucking) A little funkier, which is nice.
12) “Blue in the Face” (3:26): Great poppy little guitar makes this song go.
13) “Fuzz Trip” (3:04): Slightly trippy chorus.

--Mr. Tumnus

Track Listing
1. Far Out   8. Scuzz
2. Muffins   9. Modern Man
3. No Luck   10. Watchu Want?
4. Feeling Alright (I'm Okay)   11. Shag
5. Lean On The World   12. Blue In The Face
6. Dancehall No. 2   13. Fuzz Trip
7. 4s & 5s   .