My interest in Brooklyn’s Super Hi-Fi began with their EP of Nirvana covers, that, despite never being a Nirvana fan, I thoroughly enjoyed. The reason is simply because not one song came anywhere near resembling the Seattle trio. Instead, Super Hi-Fi brings dub and reggae sounds to their afro-inspired rhythms and groove filled affair, often reworking tunes into their own distinct genre. <\/p>\n
On this fifth album, and their second of mostly original material, the band recorded to tape and take their experimental ideas to a new point in indie rock with their trademark double trombones and languid meets frenzied creativity. <\/p>\n
\u201cGone\u201d starts off the disc with laidback horns and vocal effects but builds quickly into a mashing of noises with crashing percussion. Although there is much variety within each tune, this formula is then executed in somewhat similar ways the rest of the album with the punk and ska-influenced \u201cKeep It Dirty,\u201d the slinky rockin’ \u201cDub To The Bone,\u201d\u00a0 and the playful, country influenced \u201cFergie.\u201d<\/p>\n
Some noteworthy deviations include the spacey and hazy feelings of \u201cBlue And White,\u201d the marching band drumming of \u201cLittle Black Book,\u201d and the grunge rocker \u201cSpace Needle,\u201d which could soundtrack a stage diving, mosh pitting event. <\/p>\n
Near the end of the album, the band delivers their version of the Police\u2019s \u201cHole In My Life,\u201d which has a cinematic quality with blurry moments, and \u201cBiking To Bushwick,\u201d where classic rock guitars easily make this the album highlight. <\/p>\n
Super Hi-Fi has released many records in the last six years, each one atypical and defying comparison. The band is carving out a niche that is truly just for them. For the collectors out there, if you pick up one of the first 500 copies of vinyl you’ll get unique cover art, as each one is individually silk screened by Robert Swainston.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":89,"featured_media":33635,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"artist":[10271],"rating":[5617],"class_list":["post-45456","review","type-review","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","artist-super-hi-fi","rating-rating-b-plus"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/45456","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\/89"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45456"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/45456\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33635"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45456"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist?post=45456"},{"taxonomy":"rating","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rating?post=45456"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}