Faux Amis, '(s/t)' LP (Zero Jardins)
Monday, January 24, 2022, 7:39pm (full listen)
I haven't heard this great album in ages, and when I first did, it was when I very into some of the bands that create its constituent parts, namely Chora, Helhesten, and Motherfucking (if Hunter Gracchus was there, it'd be a real party); it was like being a teenager who's into Pearl Jam and Soundgarden and discovering the existence of Temple of The Dog. The album is just as great as I remember, a bewildering pileup of electric guitars, strings, some reedy horns, drums, and percussion, all recorded modestly but sounding thick and wonderful. The only thing I found a little surprising upon this revisit was the amount of groove-based sections on here; it's not exactly funky, but I honestly don't remember it being as much of a toetapper as it is.