AP Macroeconomics is back with a new release entitled Super Drag. The band is composed of Tom (guitar/vocals/drums) and Austin (bass/keys). This release contains catchy yet somewhat melancholy songs.
The first song is entitled “What Say You For Your Crimes” and is a highlight in the batch. It revolves around fuzzy guitar, vocals and not much else besides some additional elements that come in towards the end of the song. I thought the vocals were great as were the delivery and the melodies. Up next is “Klutz” and it has a different energy. For one thing there are drums. It’s definitely lo-fi and I had a hard time deciding if it was played or programmed but either way I thought the production was inventive. The guitars are again fuzzy with an almost J Mascis sort of singing style. In Divide & Conquer’s previous review of one of their other albums I mentioned The Microphones and this came up again when listening to “Is there something I could do?” That being said Bon Iver came to mind. This was a style that really seemed to fit perfectly for the band. The vocalist melds with the music not only in terms of the notes but the clean warmth that the song has. They continue on this trajectory with “Stick-and-Poke (Knasty Knastra)” although this song melds some of the aesthetics from the first song with the previous. So it’s got the rickety acoustic warmth with just a touch of fuzz. Last up is “Cheek'' which is very subdued and builds with some great string work into a wall of acoustic noise. The music is lo-fi and for the most part it seems to benefit from that quality. Some of the songs had noticeably different volumes as well as sonic character that you can hear with the first two songs. My only critique is that I would have liked to have heard this even out a little more so the songs felt a tad more uniform. Overall, this is a very good release and continues to shine a light on the band’s talent. The songwriting was impressive and I felt the emotional resonance of the songs were consistent with just enough variation. Recommended.
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