Upper Wilds — Guitar Module 2017 (Thrill Jockey)
Guitar Module 2017 by Upper Wilds
Photo by Standard Joy Productions
For the last half decade, Dan Friel has been making a buzzy, fizzy, racket, the most joyful sort of solo electronic noise. In 2015, I wrote that Life, “takes that bouncy castle exuberance to even greater lengths, channeling the euphoria of sleep-short early parenthood into woozy, optimistic grooves.” But what was missing, if you were a fan of Parts & Labor, was the gleeful skree of distorted guitar and the joltingly tuneful vocals jetting out from the roar. With Upper Wilds, Friel’s first guitar band since Parts & Labor folded in 2011, it’s all back with a vengeance.
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