ROIR’s previously cassette-only 2×4, a collection of early live clatter from the Teutons, has been remastered for CD, and it’s every bit what you’d expect.
Viking warriors are alive and well. Tremendous metal with plenty of melodicism on their Metal Blade debut. One of the best Swedish metal albums this year.
With the lolling-tongue vocals of TMBG and some of the lyrical silliness of Violent Femmes, The Seymores drop neatly into the category of laughworthy pop.
I slapped this on with images of indie nothingness dancing in my head and got clouted between the eyes by a melodic cinderblock made out of feathers and rags.
I know a lotta these garage bands pride themselves on their lo/no-fi “wyld and primitive” recording, and I can dig that, but this one just sounds like garbage.