Formats
ZZZ139 - LP
881970013913
Details
Like a spore in a petri dish, Phylums began cultivating in the dank basements of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in 2011, when members of Goodnight Loving, Head On Electric and Holy Shit! united with the common goal of performing stripped-down, primitive rock ’n’ roll. Their three-chord odes paid homage to The Sonics, Creedence, The Monks— any band with a simple message and no-frills attack. Phylums took this primitive drive into Kyle Motor’s studio in Madison, Wisconsin, in Summer 2014. It took the band under 24 hours to record their complete debut album on reel-to-reel eight-track. Surfy guitar leads and wandering fuzz combined with a rhythm section of driving toms and bass make up the core instrumentation, but a shades of organ, piano and even a vacuum cleaner add to the sonic palette. The songs, ranging from party rave-ups to off-kilter introspections, eschew the traditional boy / girl tropes of most three-chord songs and instead focus on alienation, the afterlife, speech impediments and the frustrating beauty and monotony of modern life.
Tracks
1. Can?t Get Through
2. Bottle of Wine
3. Cold Coffee
4. Route 66
5. Crummy Side of Town
6. Stutter Bug
7. I Gotta Know
8. IC3D
9. Absurdity
10. Time Capsule
11. Vacuum Cleaner
12. Go Home