I Was Thinking… by Gauntlet Hair
Musicians’ music from Lafayette, Colorado.
These guys own “it”.
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Gauntlet Hair: Heave.
“Imagine the gorgeous gents of Duran Duran dressing up as Liars and showing up to the beardo mountain Brooklyn commune to pants the guys in Yeasayer…”
It’s been far too long since we’ve posted something from Mexican Summer. Shame on us. To repent our sin, here’s the b-side to Gauntlet Hair’s freshly pressed (and hotly anticipated) 7”. I’ve been itching for more Gauntlet Hair ever since “I Was Thinking…” first tore up my speakers, and “Out, Don’t..”/”Heave.” deliver my fix quite nicely. While the jet-propelled (and oddly punctuated) “Out, Don’t..” breaks out the same dancey guitar stabs and soaring, rhythmic harmonies as “I Was Thinking…”, “Heave.” shows these guys in full-on attack mode. Pitting pounding, militant drums against a moaning buzz-saw, it grabs you by the neck and refuses to let go (if only it were two minutes longer).
It’s amazing how lo-fi these guys are considering they sound sooo damn good. However, “Out, Don’t..” is the track to put yr chips into on this 7”. It basically follows the same formula (e.g., delayed guitar chirps and yelping reverby vocals) as “I Was Thinking…”.
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Top Bunk by Gauntlet Hair
Few things:
- loving the string bend in the intro guitar riff
- parts of this song remind me of Newsies for some reason
- this is one of the only tracks on the album that has a prominent bassline
- this album makes me want to have twins and lock ‘em in a basement with instruments and a year supply of Gerber Graduates and hope they emerge with similar icy cavern grooves
I can’t believe it’s been a year and a half since we first got a taste of these guys. Glad they made the full-length happen. TWSS.
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