![]() It’s perhaps a harder formula to pull off - the layering of different instruments and guitar parts on the most complex songs on “No Dogs Allowed” is deep for any album, let alone a self-released Bandcamp project - but Gish’s approach, and the solitude used to get to it, is worth it, not least because of how genuinely unexpected the album sounds. While there’s a long lineage of modern indie rock auteurs who recorded key early works by themselves in their bedrooms, from Ariel Pink and Bon Iver to Jay Som and Frankie Cosmos, Gish’s music tends not towards the hazy, spare vibes of her bedroom pop forbearers and contemporaries but towards extreme specificity and precision. Gish wrote, sang, mixed and performed all of the album’s tracks by herself, and the attention to detail required to create as meticulous a work as what she brings here is evident. ![]() That’s not to say that it sounds cold or uninviting - quite the opposite, in fact - but merely a reflection of the circumstances through which it was produced. Fall into the mania here.“No Dogs Allowed” is a lonely album. There’s mystery in the moments of brief silence where notes aren’t being ceremoniously crammed together in a fit of possesed rage, and that mystery carries SUNN TRIO to exciting highs. Even “Prepared Hieroglyphics,” the sandy, 12-minute expedition that lies at the heart of SUNN TRIO, scratches its lasting and guiding guitar solo in such a dizzyingly visual way that you can’t help but consume to its power. But Sunn Trio’s music is cinematic, for better or worse, more so than that ‘70s movement, and its oddness often outweighs the bleak space these songs frequently inhabit on a tonal level. You can hear the no-wave movement’s influence at every turn as the group channels The Lounge Lizard’s dry and frantic improvisation and the bullish repetition of early Swans. Indeed, experiencing the band’s self-titled album can be an uphill battle of endurance, and requires wading through freeform jazz licks and droning guitar feedback with an almost enlightened sense of purpose. Check out Gish’s latest over on Bandcamp.įavorite Songs: “Beneath The Sheltering Sun,” “Metallic Meth Bop”Īrizona avant-garde post-genre group Sunn Trio make music that squirms and squeals in the most punishing of ways, capturing an essential madness of the desert sun. This latest album rightfully pushes Gish onto a different level, but the charm she displays across all her records is delightful and makes her an easy artist to root for, and NO DOGS ALLOWED’s gleeful disposition is indicative of that. “ Every other day I’m wondering / What’s a human being gotta be like / What’s a way to just be competent,” she deadpans on the fittingly titled “Imposter Syndrome,” before dropping the hammer: “ These sweet instincts ruin my life.” On “Sophisticated Space,” Gish delivers a string of stinging observations about success and wealth, but outdoes herself with, “ Now if you really think the time is running out to say all the great things you thought of today / You’re more than right, you are enlightened, knowing that your place is never to fill anything at all let alone space.” NO DOGS ALLOWED is filled with these witticisms, and it’s an album filled with simple and enjoyable music. Gish makes light music, if song titles like “I Eat Salads Now,” “I’m Filled With Steak, and Cannot Dance,” or “Bird Tutorial” didn’t tip you off, but she balances credibly fun music with observations and curiosities that are focused, witty, and decidedly youthful. Her latest, NO DOGS ALLOWED, isn’t just her boldest sounding record to date, but also features some of her poppiest melodies and most memorable lyrics. ![]() ![]() Sidney Gish has been making theatrical indie rock for the last several years, delivering quaint but performative albums that have slowly grown from lo-fi bedroom recordings to confident one-woman rock shows. ![]() This article previously appeared on Crossfaderī andcamp Picks of the Week, as large and in charge as everįavorite Songs: “Sin Triangle,” “Sophisticated Space,” “Imposter Syndrome,” “New Recording 180 (New Year’s Eve)” ![]()
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