Motorists, 'Surrounded' LP (We Are Time/Debt Offensive/Bobo Integral)
Tuesday, November 2, 2021, 6:45pm (full listen)
Newest entry in the musical world of Calgary ex-pat and bedroom garage pop maestro Craig Fahner, but this one skews more heavily towards a band thing, typified by a few tracks sung (and presumably written) by bassist/vocalist Matt Learoyd. Overall this is a leaner affair, too, than a lot of CF's previous outings, with a more pared-down & streamlined sound (which has drawn some comparisons to early REM and the like, which I do hear occasionally, but not as much as I would've dreamt of) and here we also find some more overt classic, spindly post-punk moves sprinkled throughout, moves that, that in days of CF olde would maybe have been replaced with a harmonized guitar lead or some sort of other (delicious) studious power pop adornment; the pool of reference points seems different on this one. Must shout out here to the crisp, clean recording sounds throughout; no details are getting obscured, and the record sounds meaty enough to take a bite of.
