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Linchette Marcel - S/T EP (Self-Released)

2 May 2016

Formed in 2012, Lithuania’s Linchette Marcel have recently released their first self-titled maxi-single/EP. A duo of Michael Levin on vocals and guitar, and Dr. Alex Nikolaev on drums; the band plays a modern, revved-up version of 90’s grunge. The four songs on the EP all reach for the harder, jammier aspect of the genre, and the stripped down nature of the duo only aides the visceral rawness of their sound.

The opener, “Water Rider,” begins innocently enough with some light, meandering psychedelica before exploding into pure and crunchy hard rock. The psychedelic aspects are retained throughout the entire EP, showing up most noticeably in Levin’s floating, dreamlike vocals.

Each song is over four minutes long, two passing the six minute mark, but rather than jamming endlessly, the band evolves and expands every track into its own little minor version of a mini rock opera. The prime example of this is the closer, “Off All The Gain,” which builds gradually and veers off majestically into every direction across the expanse of its duration. Linchette Marcel is one explosive debut EP that fantastically teases the full-length that is to come later this year.