Guitaro is a band that isn\u2019t averse to simplicity in its music. In fact, it is this trio\u2019s wholehearted embrace of the uncomplicated that makes their sophomore effort, JJ\u2019s Crystal Palace<\/i>, such a fun album to listen to. However, the band\u2019s fuzzy guitar-based disco melodies cannot be watered down to mere catchy pop hooks and choruses. As a matter of fact, inspite of the lack thereof, JJ\u2019s Crystal Palace<\/i> is as delightful as a pop record made for the masses.<\/p>\n
Short and tight numbers are what make the album proud of itself, and even though some of the songs may seem abrupt (like the unexpected ending of \u201cHill Mountain\u201d without the ensuing track being able to cushion its freefall), the seeming incompleteness isn\u2019t so grave so as to be irritating.<\/p>\n
In a twist that combines the shoegazer era with retro electropop impulses, Guitaro\u2019s music blend marries the gushing guitars of The Jesus And Mary Chain with the glam electroclash techno of Fischerspooner. Also, the singing of Guitaro\u2019s Mark Wiebe has similar nonchalant whispering vocal styling of these two bands. <\/p>\n
Guitaro plays the role of a guitar-based indie band and that of a synth-crazed electronica band very aptly and straddles their various musical styles gracefully, all the while keeping up with the album\u2019s buoyant momentum.<\/p>\n
Jer Unrau, Heather Warkentin, and Mark Wiebe straddle the driving rhythms of techno with gracious layers of guitars on tracks like \u201cHill Mountain\u201d and \u201cTruth Hertz,\u201d making lively techno-rock medleys out of this concoction. The hardcore synth based cuts, \u201cCome Get Sums\u201d and \u201cModulo,\u201d are clubby, not boisterously so, and definitely not without a touch of the band\u2019s indie reticence. On \u201cBlastok,\u201d \u201cMake You,\u201d and \u201cPlastic Bags,\u201d the band ditches any dominance of synth sounds and goes for a more complete guitar sound, resulting in a psychedelic, yet uneccentric space-pop.<\/p>\n
Without turning it into a total party record, Guitaro has managed to create an indie album that\u2019s upbeat and lively: JJ\u2019s Crystal Palace<\/i> has plenty of swagger for a record that\u2019s unflashy and modest.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":30659,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"artist":[8707],"rating":[5617],"class_list":["post-42330","review","type-review","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","artist-guitaro","rating-rating-b-plus"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/42330","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/review"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/40"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42330"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/42330\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30659"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42330"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist?post=42330"},{"taxonomy":"rating","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rating?post=42330"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}