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Album Reviews
Album Review: Wavves – Wavves (De Stijl Records)
By CMU Editorial | Published on Monday 2 February 2009
Noise. With a swarm of influences including Nirvana, My Bloody Valentine, Black Flag, Pavement and The Beach Boys (to name a few), California-based Wavves are persuaded by, and create, noise. Not just any old noise either – melodic, orgasmic, painful, beautiful, crippling, sickening, haunting, invigorating, nosebleed-inducing noise. Nathan Daniel William is the man behind the sound, and when he’s not posting a mixture of old school rap and punk videos on his blog or mucking about in his local park, he’s creating the music borne of a generation raised on skateboards and dead rock stars. You could point to other noise-rock outfits like The Death Set, Liars and Battles for likeness, but nothing really compares to the sheer weight and breadth of Wavves’ sound. The eponymous LP is a swirling mindfuck of fuzzy, scuzzy and slack – ‘Surf Goth’ and ‘So Bored’ are particular highlights, the latter a distorted surf rock anthem resurrecting generation X sounds of old. Gripping from start to end, this debut is a brilliant start to what is sure to be an exciting year of new music. TW
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