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September 10, 2004
Let's Get Serious; A Little Piece
Panthers - We are louder
Start with a Hella intro. Then a slow feedback slope into a pit of throbbing bass and narcotized drum beats. Guitars wander around the vocals blithely. Panthers slither through this one and set off a bank of emergency alarms at the 2:35 mark. Slow build until five minutes in, and the whole thing explodes. This song says 'this is how you play lead guitar, bitches'. 'Things are Strange', Panthers' debut LP, delivers on the promise of the 'Let's Get Serious' EP and full-out rocks, massivley, unstoppably, tectonically. I could smear more adverbs on that description, but no. That would be silly. Central America and whatnot: Panthers has Justin Chearno to thank for their mathy guitars, ex-member of Pitchblende and Turing Machine that he is, that rascal. Trivia bit to stick in your brain- Turing Machine's LP, 'A New Machine for Living', was the first record that the DFA (James Murphy and Tim Goldsworthy) proper produced. 1000 cred points to whoever can identify why Turing Machine was on Jade Tree Records, because that is a mystery that will NEVER BE SOLVED. Pitchfork Prediction: 7.5 +/- .3; you can take that to the bank, although it could go as low as 6.3 if it's reviewed by someone like Mitchum. He hates music.
Enjoy the weekend. Next week? Tussle/the Evens/Polmo Polpo/PasCal/ET AL. Schedule subject to change depending on my apathy-cell count. [PRE-ORDER IT HERE]
Posted by matt at September 10, 2004 08:00 AM