Produced by Manchester Orchestra's Andy Hull, Atlanta rockers, O'Brother's latest is a fierce offering. Opening with thickly distorted guitars hovering over clanking drums and quivering, barely audible vocals on "Malum", you begin wondering what in the hell the rest of the album has in store given its menacing, murky open. Things clean up a bit for the sparkling "Lo", with the distortion turned down to clear room for the snarled-lip vocals and rusted guitars stabbing through. Swirling "Lay Down" excels on the strength of its shifting beat and fantastical swarms of guitars, alternating between gracefully floating along and savagely pulsing through the speakers. O'Brother are a decidedly guitar-centric band, with Hull lending them some of Manchester Orchestra's sense of tension in the jittery grunge of "Sputnik". This burly, at times overpowering, album is definitely worth your attention.
Seek: "Lo", "Easy Talk (Open Your Mouth)", "Lay Down"
For fans of: Thrice
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