Sep 8, 2013
Paths fill the downtrodden-yet-energetic niche that Dads filled so aptly at their peak, and then more – following the lead of Speedy Ortiz’s true-blue revival of actual 90′s indie rock, Paths conjure a dark, bass-heavy dosage of post-punk melodrama with their great new EP, Perspective. Accomplishing impossible tasks like emulating Sister-era Sonic Youth, while still repping a more palatably dissonant style akin to Superchunk, Yuck, or myriad champions of the rising Vancouver “sludge-pop” scene such as Weed or Cascadia, Paths arrive in a place that many other groups take years to reach with Perspective.
- The Thrill of It All's review of Perspective. Click through to read the full review.