My totally righteous pals at Double Double Whammy hooked me up with this one. Not only did they shoot me a download of the upcoming Spook Houses album Trying, but they are letting me premiere the album artwork (pictured above, duh). The album doesn’t come out for a few months but the you can get a taste for what’s to come by checking out the first single “American.”
The style of the track is a perfect snapshot of the band’s direction on Trying. It’s a rambunctious guitar pop anthem with bipolar disorder. The first third or so of the track has a plodding pace with chugging bass and a vocal drawl like molasses, but then it quickly kicks into gear and shoots into the stratosphere like fireworks on the Fourth of July. It’s an excellent track on an excellent album that is sure to be a highlight of the upcoming summer. It’s out this July on cassette via Double Double Whammy and 12” vinyl via Evil Weevil.
Some words from Cactus Mouth on a new Wham Fam release. Trying from Spook Houses will be coming out on Evil Weevil Records this July! We are doing a version on cassette as well!
