Attica! [Music] neodb.social Douban
Wussy genre: rock
release date May 13, 2014 publisher: Shake It! Records
Attica! is the 5th album from Cincinnati's Wussy, and the first to be released jointly in the US and UK. These 11 new tracks were recorded with old Afghan Whigs pal John Curley at Cincinnati's legendary Ultrasuede Studios. John Erhardt rejoins forces with former Ass Ponys bandmate Chuck Cleaver as the band's fifth member on some Dark-Side-inspired pedal steel, adding a further psychedelic element to Wussy's ever-developing swirl of noise. Attica! is the band's loudest and quietest record to date, finding Cleaver and co-leader Lisa Walker at their lyrical best and Wussy as a whole at their weirdest and finest. About Wussy: Fronted by former Ass Pony Chuck Cleaver and the previously unaffiliated and brilliant Lisa Walker, Cincinnati's Wussy is a rock band that'll remind you on the deepest level why you love rock bands. The central conceit: Submerging pristine, literate songwriting in the rumble and roar of a full band. The secret weapon: A chemistry so rare, powerful, and under-recognized it inspired Robert Christgau--America's tersest rock critic--to publish a 2,000-word love letter to ''the best band in America.'' (David Schmader, The Stranger)

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大部分人知道 Wussy 是因为 Robert Christgau 对其的极力推崇,他给了这张专辑在他评价体系里最高的评价,并说 Wussy 是「美国最好的乐队」,而且「超过 Sonic Youth 成为美国最好的失真吉他乐队」,是否如此有待考虑,但至少这张专辑的第一首歌,Teenage Wasteland,比 Sonic Youth 的任何一首歌都要好,尤其比相同情绪的 Teen Age Riot 要好得多。Teenage Wasteland 是我听过最浪漫的歌曲,这首的声音效果棒极了,人声好似回荡在空中,但更像是飘荡在你失落人生的一面旗帜,带来灵魂上的共鸣和战栗,听 Bruce Springsteen 的 Thunder Road 能带来类似的体验,但这首更为刻骨铭心。除此之外的曲目曲作没有这首出彩,但依然浪漫无比,两位主唱的演唱是这张专辑最优秀的地方。
Cut: Teenage Wasteland, Rainbows and Butterflies, To the Lightning, Halloween