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CMU Approved
Approved: The Garden
By Andy Malt | Published on Wednesday 27 July 2016
Twin brothers Wyatt and Fletcher Shears make weird, avant-punk as The Garden. Purporting to have invented their own genre – vada vada – there is lots to be distracted by in the way they describe themselves, but to dwell on it would detract from how much fun their music is.
Their latest album, ‘Haha’, was released through Epitaph last year, and now they are releasing the second in a series of five singles, ‘Call This # Now’.
As with part one of the series, ‘Play Your Cards Right’, which drifted into oddball hip hop, ‘Call This # Now’ takes a step away from the duo’s typical bass and drums focussed sound. Opening with an eight second blast of hardcore punk, it takes a sudden shift into funk that’s all whistles and warped synth brass.
You can catch them touring the UK in August and September, all leading up to an appearance at the End Of The Road festival.
Listen to ‘Call This # Now’ here…
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