Cola
The Gloss
60--80点相当
今作も、Television、
The Strokes などの風味
そのままという感じで、
狙いすぎで、
組み合わせの良い化学反応的なものが
ちょっと出てこない感じになってきたかも...。
With sophomore album The Gloss, Montreal trio Cola repeats the formula of minimal-but-electrifying post punk they introduced on their 2022 debut Deep in View. Made up of live, roomy captures of the band's straightforward guitar/bass/drums sound palette, sometimes augmented with synth patches or subtle atmospheric sounds, Cola's group chemistry once again steers their songs. More aggressive tracks like "Albatross" and "Pallor Tricks" tap into the same dissonant tension as the more angular, artistically-minded acts of the prime era Dischord Records roster, with guitarist/singer Tim Darcy's spiky vocals being swarmed by the occasional unexpected flutter of Mellotron. The steadily pushing drums, single-note bass line and cool, disaffected melancholy of album standout "Pulling Quotes" shifts from punked up edginess to early 2000s rock revivalism, recalling the sweetly exhausted melodic sensibilities of the first few Strokes albums. "Keys Down If You Stay" finds a different type of middle ground for Cola's sound, tying together their post-punk uneasiness and more experimental, jazz-inflected songwriting approaches. More than any other song on The Gloss, this tune combines all of the band's disparate strengths, bringing together spacious playing with Television-levels of precision, and in the process transforming anxious street scenes into wide open clearings.
モントリオールのトリオ
2nd