The Super Vacations - Thicker Milk

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4...according to our Business Lady on Thu 26 Aug, 2010.

I've only heard the one single by these Norfolk, Virginia based characters ('Henry' i think it was called) and i thought it was pretty sweet but they've totally surpassed themselves on this long player. Sitting somewhere in the new and previously un-mined territory of lo-fi, surf and psych The Super vacations manage to sound like many things whilst maintaining their own identity and crafting sweet tun-age at the same time. 'Thicker Milk' serves up 21 nuggets of lovably shonky lo-fi pop gems that totally kick ass. I can hear elements of the Woodsist/Captured Tracks stable here but there are also got moments of classic psych and surf to mull over too. Some bits have got a Spectrals-esque 50's style reverb drenched rock 'n' roll thing going on but I'm also digging their Guided By Voice/Sebadoh style dedication to writing proper catchy tunes and slappin' them down on the cheapest recording gear they can find. Totally great LP, nice work lads.

Vinyl released WAY upfront, CD (with a heap of extra trackage) released at end of August...21 tracks, of..Beefheart meets Kinks meets Guided By Voices meets Thirteenth Floor Elevators pop...thats simply what it is, POP! .Thicker Milk, the sprawling twenty-one song opus from Norfolk, Virginia s Super Vacations, finds the band expanding in every possible way. Since the release of their self-titled debut in 2008, the band has expanded its ranks to a formidable five-piece, giving the band s psych-surf nuggets a bigger, more aggressive, and occasionally darker sound. Recorded over the past two years by the band in various locations, Thicker Milk is a record that dips its toes in psych, surf, pop, and points in-between without ever sounding nostalgic or dated. Over the course of thirty-five minutes, the band whittle their precision riffs and ethereal harmonies down to perfect pockets of sound. Easily one of the definitive pop records of the year.

PRESS: ** The Super Vacations make exploratory psychedelia without invoking many of the usual shorthand; no jams, no endless guitar solos, no purple loons. In their precise understanding of the deep structure and sonic sleight-of-hand of the best psychedelic music, their debut feels as fresh as any first generation cosmonauts"." -THE WIRE (UK)** ** "Thicker Milk is significantly better than their debut, and there's honestly not a bad track on it. Memorable riffs, sloppy melodies, and a more concentrated psych vibe. Definitely one of the best full-lengths yet from Shdwply" -ONGAKUBAKA **

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