Tweak Bird – Undercover Crops

1. Moans
2. People
3. Psychorain
4. Weight
5. Pigeons
6. Bunch O’ Brains
7. Know It All
“For those that like guitars, like they like their mud: thick and dirty. For those that like their vocal reverb with the full saturation of 70s psychedelia. For those that like their hi-hats to ring with the tenacity of a’ okay, enough, let’s talk about .”
“Hailing from the illustrious town of Carbondale, Illinois, which is also Home of Darva Conger, winner of Who Wants to Marry a Multi-Millionnaire in 2000, it is also the city that Caleb and Ashton Bird began carving a niche for themselves with short bursts of heavy, riff-laden noise-rock, applying significant homage to 90s stoner bands ‘ Fu Manchu, with their slight psychedelic inflections, must surely be a key influence. They slot in both individually and commonly with the latest wave of popular combos, such as the obvious choice ‘ the much more energetic Japandroids, but are in fact, more akin to Death from Above 1979, albeit slightly more laid back (but no less heavy).”
All That Is Heavy, Andy Price
” are a strange phenomenon. Two brothers hailing from Illinois, their genre spanning stoner-rock has earned the band plaudits for their immediate overdriven fuzz guitar riffs and pounding drums.”
“Latest EP “” is no different. Again the duo jump from genre to genre while still keeping their overall sound firmly anchored in their stoner-rock roots. Take second track from the record and lead single ‘People’ for instance. Although still clearly recognisable as , the band deploys more blues-influenced guitars that wouldn’t seem out of place on a Dan Auerbach record. Combine this with front man Caleb Bird’s falsetto vocal yelps and infectious sense of melody and you have a sound that is distinctly their own.”
“‘s musical versatility continues throughout the record. On “Psychorain” the duo try their hand at implementing jazz waltz drums to their hard rock styling’s in a similar vein to Jimi Hendrix’s seminal track “Manic Depression”. The result is electrifying, the combination of styles showcasing the talent of drummer Ashton Bird in particularly. His ability to hold down complex jazz rhythms against a backdrop of crashing hard-rock guitars stands as a testament to how good musicians these guys really are.”
All That Is Heavy, Benjamin Salt
LP album
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