| What Tyrants / No Luck |
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| Album: | No Luck | Collection: | General | |
| Artist: | What Tyrants | Added: | Apr 2015 | |
| Label: | Forged Artifacts | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| 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 |
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| Mr. Tumnus Reviewed 2015-04-28 | ||
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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 |
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| 1. | Far Out | 7. | 4s & 5s | |||
| 2. | Muffins | 8. | Scuzz | |||
| 3. | No Luck | 9. | Modern Man | |||
| 4. | Feeling Alright (I'm Okay) | 10. | Watchu Want? | |||
| 5. | Lean On The World | 11. | Shag | |||
| 6. | Dancehall No. 2 | 12. | Blue In The Face | |||
| 13. | Fuzz Trip | |||||