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Warm Brains - Big Wow

Review by Nick Roseblade

This is an album in which pretty much everyone could find something to enjoy»

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Warm Brains, aka Rory Attwell, ex-Test Icicles, Kasms, RAT:ATT:AGG, producer and engineer extroadinaire (credits include Palma Violets, Yuck, Male Bonding, The Vaccines, Mazes, Let's Wrestle and countless others) is set to return with his first full album since the release of 'Old Volcanoes' back in 2011. The new album 'Big Wow' will be released on November 6th through Milk Milk Lemonade Records. 'Pink Blackpool Rock' is the first song to be released from the album and it is, according to Rory "about people in history who have, at the time, had thoughts and ideas that have been considered to be complete insanity but with the passing of time those ideas have been regarded as very intuitive, progressive and highly valuable." Crashing in with squealing guitar feedback and tribal drums, 'Pink Blackpool Rock' is the perfect first taste of 'Big Wow'; awkward, obtuse and self-deprecating yet full of melodic charms and haunting melodies. Rory played and recorded almost everything himself on the album - playing, recording, mastering, mixing, artwork, the lot. He did have a some small assistance from Katherine Whitaker from Evans The Death, who sang on a song Robin Silas from Male Bonding who drummed on a song and Max Bloom from Yuck, who tumpeted on a song. Big wow, indeed.
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