"And with a tilted head / try to regain balance / Turn on it now and then, quietly to open..."
The abstract syncopated sonic whips and tickles of "S.T. Tilted" by Wombo, the Louisville-Kentucky bred trio of Sydney Chadwick (bass/vocals), Cameron Lowe (guitar), and Joel Taylor (drums), is as urgent as they are artful, a progressive propulsion teetering between math rock and art punk and it speaks to me. This is where I must quote myself, not because I am lazy (well I am kind of lazy) but, rather, because what I wrote on a previous review of Wombo feels so right on to me:
"I mean the slithering bass lines against shuffling drum beats are offset by thick guitar lines that feel grungy, cast an ever moving musical bed for Sydney Chadwick's vocal countenance that feels at once beautifully hypnotic as angsty like twee grown up with your normal amount of emotional bruises that happen when you encounter the less giving parts of the world, spiritually speaking."
...AND while "S.T. Tilted" is not screaming any kind of grunge leans, I like the observation about Chadwick's vocal sound (that I love so much). Her aloof meets performance artist / art punk stance has me thinking of everyone from Laurie Anderson to Suburban Lawns' Sue Tissue to Antena's Isabelle Antena and a band that I simply cannot think of (on the tip of my tongue and driving me crazy). I am loving the bass (Chadwick) and drums (Taylor) barrage that feels like a snarly battle while Lowe is dropping these stabbing spicy guitar attacks and hangs all the while with Chadwick's sing songy non lexical vocals are hypnotizing you.
"S.T. Tilted" is just one of the killer tracks on Wombo's 3rd full length "Danger in Fives" that just dropped on August 8th.
"And with a tilted head / try to regain balance / Turn on it now and then, quietly to open..."
LOVE what these guys are putting out in the world. In the 80's (even late 70's) the abstract rock / art punk band of the day was DEVO and now it is WOMBO.
-Robb Donker Curtius
https://www.instagram.com/womborocks/#
https://www.facebook.com/womboband
"I mean the slithering bass lines against shuffling drum beats are offset by thick guitar lines that feel grungy, cast an ever moving musical bed for Sydney Chadwick's vocal countenance that feels at once beautifully hypnotic as angsty like twee grown up with your normal amount of emotional bruises that happen when you encounter the less giving parts of the world, spiritually speaking."
...AND while "S.T. Tilted" is not screaming any kind of grunge leans, I like the observation about Chadwick's vocal sound (that I love so much). Her aloof meets performance artist / art punk stance has me thinking of everyone from Laurie Anderson to Suburban Lawns' Sue Tissue to Antena's Isabelle Antena and a band that I simply cannot think of (on the tip of my tongue and driving me crazy). I am loving the bass (Chadwick) and drums (Taylor) barrage that feels like a snarly battle while Lowe is dropping these stabbing spicy guitar attacks and hangs all the while with Chadwick's sing songy non lexical vocals are hypnotizing you.
"S.T. Tilted" is just one of the killer tracks on Wombo's 3rd full length "Danger in Fives" that just dropped on August 8th.
"And with a tilted head / try to regain balance / Turn on it now and then, quietly to open..."
LOVE what these guys are putting out in the world. In the 80's (even late 70's) the abstract rock / art punk band of the day was DEVO and now it is WOMBO.
-Robb Donker Curtius
THE FACTS AS WE KNOW THEM
https://www.instagram.com/womborocks/#
https://www.facebook.com/womboband
https://womborocks.bandcamp.com/album/danger-in-fives
The weird world of Wombo is a kaleidoscopic journey of sharp turns and surprising visions, a melting pot of influences with a cheeky cheshire-cat grin that coalesce into a trippy but infinite universe, a portal into their unique vantage point without limitation. Already committed to living outside the traditionally-heralded country sound of the music scene in their hometown of Louisville Kentucky, Sydney Chadwick (vocals) and Cameron Lowe (guitar) had previously played in punk pop band the Debauchees, and with the addition of Joel Taylor (drums) in 2016 they found a winning combination of more straightforward indie rock combined with Chadwick’s pitched up, oscillating vocals and unpredictable shifts in melody that see the band moving forward at an impressive pace. Their 2018 album Blossomlooksdownuponus is a snapshot of Wombo’s wide-ranging aspirations that careen across avant pop, psych and wonky post punk interludes with a sky’s-the-limit approach to translating the mundanity of regular life into their own high-frequency language.
In a generation where pop has come to be defined as anything but, Wombo have spearheaded their own definitive sound that avoids genre classification but is impossible not to tap your foot along to. “Usually if the babies like it, we like it”, admits Chadwick, and it speaks to the band’s bass-driven song structures that pivot through a whirlwind of instrumentation at rapid speeds that they are still able to land on a winning formula that strikes the sweet spot between effervescent overload and razor sharp intention. In 2019, the band toured with White Reaper, Dehd and The Nude Party, bands whose affinity and dedication to strange experimentation have won them fans across a wider audience, and Wombo are poised to follow suit. In a careful balance where no one instrument overwhelms, Chadwick’s vocals are the cherry on top of a decadent dessert that explodes with personality and ingenuity.
The weird world of Wombo is a kaleidoscopic journey of sharp turns and surprising visions, a melting pot of influences with a cheeky cheshire-cat grin that coalesce into a trippy but infinite universe, a portal into their unique vantage point without limitation. Already committed to living outside the traditionally-heralded country sound of the music scene in their hometown of Louisville Kentucky, Sydney Chadwick (vocals) and Cameron Lowe (guitar) had previously played in punk pop band the Debauchees, and with the addition of Joel Taylor (drums) in 2016 they found a winning combination of more straightforward indie rock combined with Chadwick’s pitched up, oscillating vocals and unpredictable shifts in melody that see the band moving forward at an impressive pace. Their 2018 album Blossomlooksdownuponus is a snapshot of Wombo’s wide-ranging aspirations that careen across avant pop, psych and wonky post punk interludes with a sky’s-the-limit approach to translating the mundanity of regular life into their own high-frequency language.
In a generation where pop has come to be defined as anything but, Wombo have spearheaded their own definitive sound that avoids genre classification but is impossible not to tap your foot along to. “Usually if the babies like it, we like it”, admits Chadwick, and it speaks to the band’s bass-driven song structures that pivot through a whirlwind of instrumentation at rapid speeds that they are still able to land on a winning formula that strikes the sweet spot between effervescent overload and razor sharp intention. In 2019, the band toured with White Reaper, Dehd and The Nude Party, bands whose affinity and dedication to strange experimentation have won them fans across a wider audience, and Wombo are poised to follow suit. In a careful balance where no one instrument overwhelms, Chadwick’s vocals are the cherry on top of a decadent dessert that explodes with personality and ingenuity.
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