Wise Up – Out to Dance (House Cat Records)
4 April 2024
What if pop music wasn’t constructed on the identical old cliched beats and lowest widespread denominator grooves? What if grunge wasn’t nearly being the loudest and shoutiest man in massive shorts and a plaid shirt on the block? What if indie music stopped displaying off and realized the artwork of writing songs, I imply precise songs? What if lo-fi music rose above being simply one other poorly produced lady within the bed room writing about her recent breakup on a battered acoustic guitar? What if all of this stuff got here true? Well, on the power of “Out To Dance”, the brand new one from Wise Up, I’d say they have already got.
What I really like about this monitor, one of many many issues, is the band’s sonic option to not go for the plain. The music glides when others would choose to merely groove. They are melodic, whereas extra macho bands would really feel the have to be muscular. They swerve quantity and velocity in favour of dreamy delicacies and shimmering sonics. They lull and lure moderately than purpose to be bombastic and stuffed with bravado. Those are all sonic decisions which might be the hallmarks of a band that’s comfy in its pores and skin.
I get the sensation {that a} band like Wise Up may solely have occurred within the post-genre world we now inhabit. In earlier, extra tribal occasions, their heady mixture of sounds and types would have perplexed too many brains and hampered their obligatory ascent. But in in the present day’s extra broad-minded musical surroundings, their ascent is assured. Surely?
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