Ok, so I was drawn to this band by their name, as it appears to have been lifted from one of William S. Burroughs’ later works, a novella about lemurs on the brink of extinction. It’s a far cry from Naked Lunch but it’s a touching piece that reveals a more human side to the enigmatic author best known for his depictions of drug use and graphic sex and far-out weirdness.
This Connecticut-based four-piece are all about infusing the disparate elements of ‘1960s psychedelica, '70s glam, math rock and post-punk while maintaining the shimmer of classic pop sensibilities’, and while this curiously-titled lo-fi alt-pop ditty doesn’t really reflect the experimentalism the band claim is their core drive, it’s certainly an interesting blend of things, and it really rather listenable.
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‘Everything is everything and I’ll never go away,’ goes the chorus line, and there’s a hint of young J Mascis about Jayson Moorse’s vocals. Throughout, a nicely nagging guitar line weaves through a haze of reverb. There’s a sunny simplicity to the song – and the loose playing style – that’s charmingly naïve and really rather appealing, although I still don’t know if they’ve read Burroughs and there’s not a lemur – or a Mugwump – to be found here.
Ghost of Chance Online
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