Quercus Quercus Alkali
Quercus Quercus Alkali was released on Lower Orbit Records October 26th 2020.
7.8 / 10 Lo-fi Psychedelic Post-Punk
Quercus Quercus Alkali is a psychedelic surf post-punk album with jangling guitars, lo-fi garage rock and feel good vocal harmonies. The music is upbeat with beachy retro guitar riffs, mellow bass and drums that sit back in the mix.
Quercus Quercus is a trio with members located in Oakland California, Salt Lake City, Utah and Lansing, Michigan. The band started in 2017 and Alkali is the debut. They have a DIY approach to music and started their own record label Lower Orbit Records and Alkali is the first album to be release through the label.
Quercus Quercus Alkali is an great collection of songs and the music reminds me of bands like Allah-Las, The Human Expression, and MC5. They blend together psychedelic garage rock and post-punk for a pleasant stroll through a sun bleached urban landscape.
The first single off Alkali was ‘Lundahl’, a song with a vintage vibe wah guitars and strolling bass line. The vocals sound like they are run through a megaphone with a lo-fi dusty vinyl feel. My favorite song on Alkali is ‘High Country’ it has more echo and reverb on the shimming guitars and the vocals are more aggressive and uptempo. The whole album is a great listen!
The album has funky wah guitars, splashy surf reverb and catchy vocals. The sound in vintage inspired with a lo-fi feel. The guitars echo out repeating into space. The vocals are compressed distorted and reverberating. The band has great chilled out energy that feels like a walk on the beach.
The guitar solos get into moments of shoegaze and post rock inspirations with a wall of sound. Most of the lead guitar lines are sassy overdriven tones with lots of reverb. Did I mention the album has a lot of reverb? Just in case I didn’t the album has a lot of reverb.
The songs have inspirations from many genres including vintage psychedelic rock, folk, indie rock, garage rock, surf rock and alternative rock. They blend their influences smoothly and have a great sound. the overall aesthetic feels DIY and personal. The production sounds like something you could hear at a live concert keeping true to the bands foundational motivations and not getting lost in overdubs and studio effects.
The mix and production are fair good and capture the vintage retro lo-fi sounds that the Quercus Quercus delights in.
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