Tyvek - Live At Third Man

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3...according to our Dave on Fri 18 Feb, 2011.

You know if Jack White le third passed away in a freak comb-over incident, the music industry would probably come to a grinding halt... for about 10 mins. This live release from Detroit noise twats Tyvek is an urgent sounding record. For a live record this sounds pretty good. The playing of the band is sometimes quite tight and they have quite a lot of spunk in the live arena. The songs are direct and they have a straight to the point kind of ethic. I didn't expect them to sound so much like a squat punk band. You can almost smell the cabbage and dogs on strings from here. You also can almost reach out and grab some crusty dreadlocks. Its a raucous affair that doesn't outstay its welcome. It doesn't sound too bad though... it's just a bit like hanging out with Swampy while drinking really awful cheap white cider. Lovely stuff....

18 tracks of primo punk rock from Tyvek, recorded on 27th september 2010. "There s a weird intensity to even the most slacked-out of these songs, a sense of impending doom even as singer Boyer mouths tuneless la la las and the bass and drums build underneath. Confined rhythms the sing-song beat of penultimate cut What To Do for instance imply a need to escape. Drawling mantras, repeated endlessly, point toward a willingness to tune out. But every once in a while, usually through some sort of guitar experiment, the boxy confines of these songs open out into something spacious and really beautiful. It happens with the Doppler-whining flange late in What To Do, and with the layers of feedback in the lovely, wistful Hey Una. It s part of this band s charm that they can remind you of the Fall, the Urinals, Volcano Suns, the Observers and Television Personalities, all within five minutes." DUSTED.

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