Intricate, angularly melodic LOUD rock ala Shiner, Someday I, Jawbox, etc. Strings are bent and drums are smashed; musical fists are thrown and poetry is read.
After seven years at a Monastery in Alaska, ex-Sleep guitarist Justin Marler reunited with ex-Sleep drummer Matt Hakius and returns to the music world.
With Snitches Get Stitches, The Ritchie Whites get stuck in second gear and completely neglect to rock. It’s not that they’re awful, just wholly unremarkable.
My Records owner Joey Cape (Lagwagon, Bad Astronaut) brings us Scott Garth, the kind of real deal singer/songwriter that Elliot Smith only wishes he could be.