The Knew
Pulperia
Published: Wednesday, April 7, 2010
Updated: Wednesday, April 7, 2010 16:04
The Knew's tunes sound like rockabilly music on Xanax. The band's latest album, Pulperia, has the same toe-tapping blues feeling of The Gaslight Anthem, and resembles the lengthy instrumental solos played at live Modest Mouse concerts. But the largest and most obvious influence on the album is Reverend Horton Heat.
The track "HLS" is annoyingly repetitive lyrically as the lead singer yells "How long do I have to wait" over and over again. Musically, though, "HLS" is wonderful offering with high-pitched instrumental screams that sound like The National.
"Picnic" is a refreshingly toe-tapping gem. Upbeat, bouncy, and entirely different than the rest of the album, the track is totally catchy. Towards the end of the song, the members take a fun twist and stop playing, start clapping, and start singing "Save my soul/Whoa, my soul/Sharon's gonna make something out of nothing, oh."
Listening to the album, the image of a man in 50s-style clothing with slicked-back hair and large sunglasses comes to mind due to the throwback quality of some of the tracks. The album is solid and well-produced, but the only thing missing is a bit more variety.
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