GospelbeacH
Wiggle Your Fingers
80--90点相当
無難
Prior to the release of 2024's Wiggle Your Fingers, Brent Rademaker, the leader and sole constant member of GospelbeacH, announced it would be the group's final album, and when an artist declares in advance that their next release is their swan song, it tends to invite questions from the listener. Is Wiggle Your Fingers going to be some grand summation of GospelbeacH's ten years of making music, or is this just going to be their (or his) last batch of tunes? Wiggle Your Fingers doesn't play like Rademaker's last word on his obsession with California's musical history from the late '60s onward, but the lyrics do reflect a certain world-weariness, as if he's had enough of writing in the present tense, even as he lives in the musical past. "York Blvd." is a cynical depiction of wealthy hipsters at play, "The Dropouts (Parts One and Two)" is a crunchy rocker about young people who seem to imagine themselves more rebellious than they truly are, and "It's Too Late (Kellie's Version)" is a sweetly rueful meditation on a failed relationship that seems to reflect an ennui about the larger world. If sixtysomething Rademaker isn't quite overjoyed with life in the 21st century, you can't blame him, and it hasn't adversely impacted his craft. Wiggle Your Fingers' ten songs are canny and beautifully executed pastiches of West Coast soft rock, sunshine pop, jangle pop, and polished psychedelia, and he's even moved forward enough to add a dash of new wave to the formula, as evidenced in the slightly angular keyboards on "Second Chance" and the power-pop crunch of "The Dropouts." If you fear Rademaker may be losing his sense of humor, the title "You're the Only One (Frozen Burrito #2)" should reassure you. Jon Niemann produced the album as well as playing keyboards, and he's given the material all the sheen it needs without going overboard, as well as rounding up an outstanding array of musicians to bring Rademaker's vision to life.
2012年結成
ロサンゼルスのグループ
フロントの人は、90年代以降、Beachwood Sparks、The Tyde 等を経て
このバンドを結成
Beachwood Sparks / Beachwood Sparks
The Tyde / Twice
