Sleep Whale is a veritable Super Group, with at least three separate outcroppings of the band now finding success in Abacus, Sunnybrook and Melting Season- and further mélange in Motherly and Northern. Sleep Whale look like a jam band and play like an orchestra. If krautrock was the colorful, peculiar German uncle, Sleep Whale is the mellower American nephew that could only have been born after 90s shoegaze. Even moreso I hear Another Green World influenced in their music which is never a bad album to be compared to (unless you’re a Death Metal band). Though I have yet to see them under their newest moniker (formerly Mom) the I can assure the band will not let you down as they tour the country throughout November in support of their new Western Vinyl release Houseboat.
Sleep Whale – Make Another Picture
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Radio comes on: Faust?! Yeah, if Faust had snorted an eight ball and shotgunned a six pack of Red Bull. Higamos Hogamos debut LP (s/t) was released almost a month ago on DC Recordings, and, once again, I’m behind the curve. Dosen’t matter, a tune this good, I’m just happy to have found it. Their album is so conflicted, ranging from the depths of Kraut to funky disco break beats. Not much to be said in thier vocals, but try not to get lost in the instrumental madness. “Major Blitzkreig”, one of my favs on the album, is a warzone of drums and synths that will have you pressing the repeat button for days. Check out the tunes and then buy their gear.
Higamos Hogamos – Major Blitzkreig
Higamos Hogamos – Little Switch
This entry was written by , posted on April 29, 2009 at 9:19 am, filed under New Tunes and tagged dc recordings, faust, higamos hogamos, krautrock. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink and follow any comments with the RSS feed for this post.
