The Beach Arabs - Under the Whale (The Beach Arabs)

This noisy jangle pop hits like some demented lo-fi garage band attempting to break into the paisley underground. I noticed that The Beach Arabs have been compared to The Cure, Television, and The Minutemen. The Cure, I don’t get at all; Television, sure, but only because some of the guitar sounds impact all strangulated and jazz-waved; The Minutemen, yeah, I guess that fits—it’s like a little folksy fIREHOSE crushed by snippets of pure sonic youth fuzz. And if it moves a little on the silly side, it’s nevertheless happy-go-lucky indie rock trying to make a different groove with the surf riffs crashing into the pop distortion! Good! (beacharabs.bandcamp.com)

Guest review by Marcel Feldmar