01. Rainbow Everywhere
02. Beach Demon
03. To the Dregs
04. Sun Opens My Eyes
05. Gun in the Sun
06. So Bored
07. Goth Girls
08. No Hope Kids
09. Weed Demon
10. California Goths
11. Summer Goth
12. Ghost Ramp
13. Killr Punx, Scary Demons
14. Surf Goth
Nathan Williams from San Diego is the current toast of the blogs but, if the name is unfamiliar, you might recognise him from his musical moniker Wavves. His debut album is a delight of bedroom pop drenched in dirty, overamped, fuzzy guitars. It’s punk marinaded in surf-pop, drawing on the Beach Boys, Wipers, Beat Happening and the Pixies, and taking its cue from the K Records’ DIY dynamic. There are a couple of departures into playful space-prog wibbling and pitchshifting electronica but the majority of the record is some form of brutally distorted guitar pop: from catchy punk (‘Here’s To The Sun’) to frenetic, driving Pixiepop (‘Teenage Super Party’) to Wire-like spikiness (‘Side Yr On’). It sounds as inspired and underproduced as punk rock records from 1976 with the same amphetamine frenzy. It may be raw but it’s powerful and satisfying stuff, best listened to very loud....www.soundsxp.com
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