Band: Visqueen
Album: Message to Garcia
Sounds Like: Neko Case, Joan Jett
Sub Sub Genre: Female-Fronted Rocknroll
Essential Tracks: Hand me Down, Fight for Love, Beautiful Amneisia, So Long
DJ Sub Par Says:
You won't find a Visqueen review on pitchfork yet. But watch for them to blow up at SXSW this year. Who are they? The Neko Case/Joan Jett comparison is apt. Soaring vocals of Neko and the guitar crunch of Joan. Visqueen stomps through 11 tracks in under 40 minutes and there is hardly a misfire (I find some of the lyrics on "Summer Snow" a little grating, but let's not dwell.) Put on the album, crank it up.
DJ Responsible Says:
Borrowing a compliment I've heard bestowed upon The Hold Steady, Visqueen might be the best bar band in the world (or at least in the top 5%). I can imagine them rocking through sweaty hits like "Hand Me Down" and "Beautiful Amnesia" before turning the lights down low for the lighter-raising sentiment of album centerpiece "So Long." But I'm curious to know how their sound will play out at the sunny fields of SXSW. For Visqueen's sound is decidedly indoor: all rasp, fuzz and toe tapping heartbreak
DJ Responsible Says:
Borrowing a compliment I've heard bestowed upon The Hold Steady, Visqueen might be the best bar band in the world (or at least in the top 5%). I can imagine them rocking through sweaty hits like "Hand Me Down" and "Beautiful Amnesia" before turning the lights down low for the lighter-raising sentiment of album centerpiece "So Long." But I'm curious to know how their sound will play out at the sunny fields of SXSW. For Visqueen's sound is decidedly indoor: all rasp, fuzz and toe tapping heartbreak
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