continuing the lo-fi legacy in the modern era
Who doesn't love a good lo-fi pop band? We all have our favorite Guided By Voices albums and our favorite Pavement releases. There are few things in life more gratifying to the soul than a perfectly constructed pop song buried in tape hiss. However, with all of the technological advancements in recent times that have completely revolutionized the way we look at recordings, lo-fi pop has somewhat been shelved in the annals of music history as something of a fleeting fancy. While bands like Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti and Best Coast are bringing the lo-fi heat in the new era, the "British Goofball" angle is grossly underplayed. That is where Let's Wrestle comes in with all their charm and sad bastard appeal. But not all is lost in their world and while lines like "they said if you want to help / just kill yourself" may seem incredibly bleak, they immediately reassure us that they "won't do that".
Let's Wrestle seem like the kind of band that have definitely done their homework. Their impressively eclectic style is sure to turn more heads than an Exorcist-marathon. The name of the album alone is a not so oblique reference to the maddeningly genius 1969 prog-rock odessy, In the Court of the Crimson King by King Crimson. Their sound is a delightful mix of their lo-fi forebears and many other bands. They have the controlled intensity of Dinosaur Jr, the pop sensibilities of Robert Pollard and the all of the endearing qualities that have kept people coming back to Pavement for years. Let's Wrestle, who have recently signed to Merge (WOO HOO!), are definitely a band you will be hearing a lot about in the near future.
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Let's Wrestle seem like the kind of band that have definitely done their homework. Their impressively eclectic style is sure to turn more heads than an Exorcist-marathon. The name of the album alone is a not so oblique reference to the maddeningly genius 1969 prog-rock odessy, In the Court of the Crimson King by King Crimson. Their sound is a delightful mix of their lo-fi forebears and many other bands. They have the controlled intensity of Dinosaur Jr, the pop sensibilities of Robert Pollard and the all of the endearing qualities that have kept people coming back to Pavement for years. Let's Wrestle, who have recently signed to Merge (WOO HOO!), are definitely a band you will be hearing a lot about in the near future.
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