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\"\"<\/a>The Slats<\/span><\/div>\n
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The Great Plains of San Francisco<\/p>\n

The Tyros Label<\/p>\n

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\nBUY ON AMAZON: The Slats \u2013 The Great Plains of San Francisco<\/a>\"\"<\/p>\n

The Slats reach out from a Weezer-esque base to paint in basement drum beats with technically crafted guitar slop. \u00a0Cox has a gift for embodying unpredictability in pop songs. \u00a0The controlled chaos of his loose, unexpected guitar parts with twisting riffs somehow sound good. \u00a0That\u2019s what you get after some 2 years of conspiring to write the weirdest possible rock music. \u00a0Some of the lead guitar actually remeinds me of the solos on The Vandals\u2019 album, The Quickening. \u00a0This album is a recording of the clearest sounds possible out of a sh!++y amp, and that makes for good art. \u00a0Something special may have been done in production, both with the guitars and with Cox\u2019s caffeinated vocals, which often closely match the overdrive. \u00a0While the songs on this album seem to strive collectively for insanity in a minimalist style, they all have an underlying quirkiness that goes down smoothly.<\/p>\n

As is usually a good idea, The Slats place two of the catchiest songs back-to-back at the beginning. \u00a0\u201dThe Weapon That I USed\u201d is contagious and wacky, never even repeating itself. \u00a0After an abrupt ending and 15 seconds of randomness, the more streamlined \u201cA Payola Granola\u201d instantly captures the attention as an identifiable pop song with its grinding guitar and clear voice: \u201cThree blocks away, from suburbia\u2026\u201d. \u00a0\u201dHate Now\u201d is aggressive and fun, but decidedly one-dimensional. \u00a0\u201dDiatomic\u201d shares the appeal of the first two songs, but without immediate shocking guitar work. \u00a0It is a much more beat-driven track, and hey, you don\u2019t need stunning notes if it works without them.<\/p>\n

\u201cObliterate These Beats\u201d is an almost completely instrumental extension of the opening hook, which would be nicer in a song with Cox\u2019s tireless vocal delivery. \u00a0Maybe he thought that would be overkill, but this hook was meant to be part of something greater. \u00a0The Doomsday Girls\u2019 song, \u201cYou Ruined A Good Idea\u201d, is the last real song on this disc, a delightful and clean sing-along. \u00a0It closes an album of potential hits and seemingly meaningless exploration, all of it leaving you with a tapping foot and a smirk.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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