up a nine track pop rock split vinyl 10" Abstract Distractions,
on Los Angeles noisepop label olFactory Records.
the first side features LA's own Bipolar Bear,
a boisterous noisey rock outfit equipped with
fuzzy guitar riffs, prominent 80s influenced bass
lines and rambunctious megaphone vocals,
acording to there myspace
"Paul Knee sings and plays guitar.
Thadius plays guitar too, but not as good. Birk plays bass.
Kirchhammer beats the drums into a sleeperhold.
Marc sleepers into a drumhold. Nat sings some backs"
they exude the same sensibilities as a band
like times new viking, its happy music but with
no apparent reason why, its not sappy or drawn out,
the first and second songs both start with a
strong catchy bass line, Algiers the second track,
opens with a riff copped right from the band interpol,
although most likely totally unintentional,
its a dirty anthem with undecipherable lyrical content,
something about "gather up the masses, make another species"
another track Library starts with a fast heavy
guitar riff that you could hear in a motorhead song,
it also has a lovely chorus/refrain "all is bearing down on me"
sung in a falsetto gang vocal,
talbot tagora started out with Ani Ricci and Mark Greshowak,
they added Chris Ando, both Mark and Chris play guitar
usually neither of them playing bass,
they create a abe vigoda style four piece rock attack
equal parts pop melody's, and harsh distortion,
although Talbots a little more noisy akin to bands like wavves,
the stand out track on talbots side is the weather man,
its an energetic snappy angular dance song complete with full stops,
imagine a lot of jumping when this song is played live,
black diamond is probably my personal favorite, once again
i think of times new viking, with the clamorous building
male/female vocal and simple guitar progression,
both sides are a delight to listen to,
you couldn't have asked for two more cohesive
bands to make a great release showcasing
the LA noisepop scene, which is currently
exploding with long standing los angeles venue The Smell,
and groups like no age signing to sup pop,
no telling where these dudes will be in no time,
support both bands by buying shit
here >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
talbot myspace
http://www.myspace.com/talbottagora
bipolar myspace
http://www.myspace.com/bipolarbear
olFactory records
http://www.thesmell.org/olfactory.html
