MEZZANINES
Mezzanines (Mud Records/Parasol)
Reviewed by Holly Day

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This is an exceptional record that I have tried to review for a long time, but keep getting caught up in listening to it and ending up with nothing coherent to say at the end. Following heavily in the beautiful groove of T-Rex and his legacy of psychedelic, mystical lyricism (filled with references to liquid goats, wizards, and religious iconography) and distortion-heavy guitar, with breathy vocals seemingly plastered over the background of the music at the last minute, these songs are catchy with plenty of brilliant hooks without ever once seeming cliched or contrived. Like I said, this has been a hard one to take out of the review pile, simply because once this review is done, I just won't have the luxury of sitting down and listening to it again for a while.

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