Formats
SB104 - LP & DL
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Details
With two acclaimed seven-inches under their belt, The Mantles answer the call for more with a stunning debut LP sure to please all who cross its path. The Mantles have been dead-on in distilling a contemporary pop / psych concoction that mixes equal parts early Chills with early Dream Syndicate-and really, who among us wouldn't want a bottle of that with which to quietly tipple the day away? Recorded by Greg Ashley, the LP taps said hybrid, and if anything, burrows deeper into the core of rock, extracting essential magma that fuses early SF Ballroom psychedelia, Byrds-ian jangle-pop, and the Velvet Underground's extraordinary ability for serpentine leads and bridges. And yep, that pretty much covers all the bases. Look for the band to embark on their first US tour in September, supporting Ty Segall coast to coast.
Tracks
1. Disappearing Act
2. What We Do Matters
3. Look Away
4. James
5. Don?t Lie
6. Burden
7. Yesterday?s Gone
8. Samantha
9. Bury Me Dead
10. Thin Reminder
Press
?? a vibe somewhere between the crisp gauze of Midwest
groups associated with the early-?80s garage revival (Vertebrats,
Plasticland, etc.) and the mysto-stroke of late-?80s
New Zealand.? ?Byron Coley, The Wire
?... really stokes the node in its uncanny similarity to oldschool
Paisley Underground?you know, before it had
been so sadly tagged. The strains, strums, and streams that
permeate so lost and wonderfully ? remind my tired soul
of early Leaving Trains, The Last, as well as the roster that
made up Steve Wynn?s Down There label.?
?Roland Woodbe, Siltblog