Holland’s favorite indierockers are back with what is already their ninth album. As if they want to prove that they still know how to rock, they open with first single “Deny All” which comes with relentless drums, a one-note guitar solo and Carol Van Dyk’s addictive vocals. Hello Bettie!
From there on they deliver a flawless album with sunny, poppy songs that a la Pavement are always blessed with contrary guitar lines. The odd bird out would have to be the almost 10-minutes long “Calling”, which starts off with 3 minutes of feedback and weird noises before slowly transforming into yet another great track that keeps on building momentum all the way until the end.
With “Pharmacy” Bettie Serveert proves they still have what it takes to record an energetic, powerful and direct album just like they did all those years ago with titles like “Palomine”. I hope they will never stop.
Score: 8 out of 10
Palomine Records
http://www.bettieserveert.com
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