You might still remember Dave Klyman and Jon Loudon from their previous outfit, Jena Berlin. If you don’t, I suggest you check them out. They were awesome. On “Strange Behavior” they took a slightly different approach and recorded a bunch of tunes under the moniker Restorations.
What that different approach is exactly? Well, they’ve gone rootsy on our asses with some shoegaze thrown in because it’s all the rage again these days. And they probably thought fuck, why not add some jangly indierock riffs in as well while we’re at it. And there’s simply no going round the gritty vocals of a man who sounds like he smokes two packs a day. So there’s that as well.
It makes for a sound that sounds as mellow as a summer jam session on the front porch yet at the same time it manages to keep you walking on your tippy toes throughout the four songs because you’re afraid they might throw a fit at any given time. Think of what the bastard child of The Constantines and Lucero would sound like and you’re getting close. But not quite.
Restorations is in the studio now recording a full-length and based on “Strange Behavior”. I’m already looking forward to it.
Score: 7.5 out of 10
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