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Fucking
weirdoes. What kind of cover is that? Anyway, I will
always love a band that sings a song that contains
lyrics like ‘sing me a song that you know will blow my
mind, sing me a song I’ll sing along’. I love that kind
of stuff. Especially when that line is followed by ‘sing
me a song ‘cause tomorrow is the end for you and I'. The
ambiguity moves me. I am not sure if these fellas are
referring to the apocalypse or are celebrating a break
up. I listen to a lot of metal so I’ll go with the
former.
I love the
fuzz and Tweak Bird has aplenty of that. Reservations was
produced by the Melvins’ Dale Crover and Altamont’s Toshi Kasai,
two dudes that definitely know about getting guitars to sound
like basses and synthesizers to sound like guitars. The pitch is
nearly perfect, with enough of a cybernetic tone to give this EP
a psychedelic feel, which it weirdly has. And I say weirdly
because judging by the cover you’d think these two brothers are
rednecks with a lowbrow sense of sleeve design. But not.
Come to
listen to Reservations and you’ll notice how well-written
catchy, immediate and, unfortunately, brief (about seventeen
minutes) it is. The songs are as compact as those of a garage
rock band which makes Tweak Bird a bit of a fleeting affair.
This is the type of band that could jam out a song for ten
minutes and I’d still pay attention. But that’s not what is
about.
The riffs
are wonderful. “Spaceships” is non sense, wonderful non sense
where the bass finally comes clean and the guitar offers never
ending twists in the best stoner fashion. And the rest of the
songs follow suit; fuzzy, hairy and melodically effusive, Tweak Bird
serves an ambiguous mixture of psychedelic stoner that’s equal
measures pop nugget and full blown non sensical psyche freakout.
Albeit, Reservations is very very short. Too short.
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