Some riffs, some songs, sound like instant classics, as if you have been listening to them for half your life, as if you have just unearthed a long-forgotten soundtrack to your formative years from the hidden corner of your dusty vinyl collection. ‘New Year, New Hell’ sounds like that. Echoing the cool of post-punk, college rock past whilst sounding totally the product of the here and now, and perhaps stopping off in the early nineties guitar-band renaissance along the way for good measure.
‘Roulette’ sees Loser Demon kick it up a gear, part wall of noise shoegazing, part 60s garage rock, part fuzzed-out indie; intense, incendiary, anthemic and unmissable, while ‘Don’t Feel Like Home Anymore’ tips its hat to bands like ‘The Replacements’ blend of muscle and melody, never a bad reference point to have thrown into the ring, if you ask me.
‘The Conveyor’ rounds the record off by routing intricate guitar riffs through a deluge of fuzz and frenzy, pummeling beats and pure energy.
What a gem, what a creative blend of raucous revivalism and forward-thinking creativity. You can certainly see where Loser Demon is coming from, but it is where they are going that is the real story here. And wherever that might be, you should definitely go with them. I’ll see you there!
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