Groop – “IWSEAOAF”
A heady one lands as a split between Mock Records and Greenway and in limited supply as well. Groop packs on the pedigree with Shaughnessy Starr (Frankie & The Witch Fingers, Hooveriii) Louis Cohen (Kaz Mirblouk Band) Gabriel Salomon and James Novick (Hooveriii) in the ranks and a pop-in from Gabe Flores (GFBB, Hooveriii) on guitar. That lineup certainly speaks to a proclivity for heaviness, but for the single the band skews towards Kosmiche and touches of ‘70s fusion, playing up the airy swells of organ and the nimble movement in the guitars, huffing as much Eddie Hazel as Göttsching over the course of four and a half minutes. The lathe cut is limited to just 50 copies, which look like they flew out of the gate at Mock, but the digital is still worth getting into constant rotation in the coming weeks.
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