"there's a ghost that climbs the stairs but you don't even care..."
On Buffalo, New York based Quaker Gun Club's Bandcamp it says "Neither Quakers, nor a gun club". An amusing quip although the thought of gun toting Quakers is intriguing, are you listening Zach Cregger?... S. Craig Zahler? But I digress. The debut single, "Soylent Green", begins with urgent shapes a sense of danger, a scarily fast drive towards a cliff in the distance. The narrative here with interlocking lead guitar lines and tension suddenly takes off like the car ultimately does not spiral down but, instead, ascends up. That up time, ethereal but still heavy as shit (especially with the violent lead breaks that pile on top of the verse progs in between the dreamy moments is so dense and littered with divisive emotions that it feels a bit bipolar.
In between the mania, the chaos and even within the fucking chaos that are moments of musical elegance and that is key. The jammy rhythms like a hyper ventilating breath reminds me of the art punk spy caper sound of late 70's Bruce Wooley and the Camera Club and the fever dreamy sections like an amalgam of Porches, Yawn, Pere Ubu and 5 different Adrian Belew iterations. There is so much to like, to love here. This is not cookie cutter, this is stealing from the bowl and splattering it (chocolate chips and all) against an ever changing wall.
Robb Donker Curtius
THE FACTS AS WE KNOW THEM - PRESS NOTES:
https://quakergunclub.bandcamp.com/releases
https://www.instagram.com/quakergunclub/
Quaker Gun Club is a quintet from Buffalo, NY who fall under the technical subcategory of ‘alternative rock’, interwoven with the catchy simplicity of pop and pathos of indie folk. Spearheaded by songwriter and lead singer Brett McEachern and bolstered by guitarist Dave Brown, bassist Reggie Clark, keyboardist Grant Grieble and his brother Brendan on drums, they have created an emotional analgesic with their debut album Vanity Project. Their music ranges from poppy melodies to disintegration of chaotic, non-tonal experimental noise. Their musical variability has something that will appeal to most, while their inspired examinations of the modern human condition appeal to all.
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