‘…To The Shithouse’ is the most fascinating song on the EP and works quite well as the closer. It seems to be the most coherent example of what Lord Auch are trying to create: something murky but textured, evocative of dark alleyways and the desperation that stems from depression, and not completely unlike the XX Teens but with the weirdness notch taken down by about two. The ominously groovy bass and piano work together to create music that is reminiscent of Fifties Americana (in sound and look), something more serious than silly, spooky rock but has the same amusing effect. The additional female vocals on the song only serve to confirm my thought that there’s something almost gospel-like about the vocals throughout the EP. So for now, I will follow them to the shithouse, but I’m going to hold closed the floodgates of wanton praise, hopefully until their full-length reveals where precisely the haunting and groovy trail they’ve forged with their EP might be taking them. 7/10
Read my full review over at Drowned in Sound, and yes, I did use a Smashmouth quote. So there.
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