at the end of 2010, TY SEGALL told brooklynvegan his top five records of the year...... all of them made tiny groove's list as well, with one notable exception......THE WHINES' with their debut lp, HELL TO PLAY......
THE WHINES transcend the lo-fi tag with real, honest songs that are not hipster genre exercises or an act of desperate trend hopping. Hell To Play is a major leap forward in fidelity and songwriting from their 7-inch. Anchored by KARIANNE’s hypnotic voice and basslines and colored by JESSE’s raw guitar and BOBBY’s primitive drumming. Tracks were recorded alternately by ROB & ROD from EAT SKULL with one track recorded by KYLE from METH TEETH/MEERCAZ and two tracks recorded by the band. This LP brings to mind things like Neil Young, Thirteenth Floor Elevators, Dead Moon and Cheater Slicks filtered through contemporary ears/minds. Sequenced like a classic album with moody rock songs, melted psych garage tunes and strange, haunting heartbreakers. Play this over and over. You will be rewarded. REVOLVER distro
HELL TO PLAY is quite the noise pop / garage record..... heavy on the analog/lo-fi/fuzz sound that's hip right now, but with good pop songwriting under all the layers of noise.......
reminds me of white fence, times new viking, psychedelic horseshot, sebadoh, home blitz and ty segall (of course)......
the whines are a promising young band that you ought to watch out for..........
click here to grab THE WHINES' HELL TO PLAY lp (2010)....
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