Tuesday, April 14, 2009

Pontiak - 'Maker'



Label
: Thrill Jockey

The Carney brothers are not about to buck the trend of ‘brothers in bands means chaos’ here. From the sonic disturbances of the epic title track to the slow momentum of raw guitars and layered vocals on ‘Wax Worship’ to the eerie nocturnal acoustics of ‘Seminal Shining’, ‘Maker’ is an album that manages to make distorted and sparse guitar rock still sound not only interesting but mysterious. With little overdubbing, maintaining a live energy that wreaks beautiful havoc on the amps, this is a collection from a rusty farmyard you dare not stop off at, beside a woods the band members know every inch of, but still you’ll stay for more!

 8/10

 Download: ‘Wax Worship’, ‘Wild Knife Night Fight’, ‘Laywayed’

 For Fans of: My Bloody Valentine, Pink Floyd, Black Sabbath,

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