The Bats Pajamas - Just Ripe EP
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| The Bats Pajamas - Just Ripe EP |
This is the kind of music that
you will either love or hate. There is very little point in anyone trying to
convince you to change your mind because to your ears this will either be pure,
unadulterated bliss or nothing more than scratchy, fuzzy, tuneless noise. Let
me talk you through it; 'You Get By' opens proceedings with an almost naively simple riff
that stirs up memories of teenage practice rooms and the first stirrings of
musical creativity. 'Ambra Vallo' is equally scuzzy and and rough around the
edges but it has a slightly more sophisticated swagger about it, almost as
though the music is evolving in front of our ears.
The Toronto quartet turn up the
garage rock gauge on 'Haunted BBQ' before the sunny, beachy tones of 'Breaking
News Live' wash over the airwaves and the melody quotient increases yet again. The
final tack of this collection is 'Mass Telegrams' is a more insistent, Jon
Spencer meets the Pixies type number and finishes the EP in the style that
perfectly befits the Bats Pajamas. This isn't the kind of music that is going
to be a worldwide smash with the masses but I am so glad it exists as it is the
perfect example of a gang of mates picking up some instruments and making the
music they want to make in the way they want to make it. Love it or loathe it,
you have to respect that.
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Listen/Free Download: http://thebatspajamas.bandcamp.com/