Wednesday, August 27, 2014

Surf City - Crazy Rulers of the World

It's a wall-of-sound approach from New Zealand's Surf City - lots of busy guitars and reverb riding shotgun over a pretty pleasant riff in this 2010 release. Washed out vocals play second fiddle to the noise though and immediately invites comparison with both Sonic Youth and The Jesus and Mary Chain. To call it lo-fi, garage-fuzz or even shoegaze would be unfair though - there's a freshness and energy here that gives the track some real zing.