I already wrote a lot of nice things about Gluer from Stockholm,
Sweden, a few months ago in
my very enthusiastic post
following the release of only two of their songs on their bandcamp page
(and you should definitely check them out).
The four swedes are now back with a 4-track tape and I was really excited
to listen to it, my expectations being really high after their two 2021
hits...
The first thing I noticed is that the band's managed to keep a similar
kind of sound to their first release, but yet there is something a little
different, the guitar sounds slightly "fatter" and the vocals (still quite
distorted) more distant even if, overall, Gluer got their sonic
identity firmly defined. The four tracks we got here are mostly mid-tempo
and built around cool guitar riffs recalling the "garage-punk guitar
riffs" side of the Swedish hardcore punk scene (I mentioned
Regulations in my previous review and
I would say that
the comparison is still accurate).
So yes this tape goes through charted territories and the songs are
really good, really good yes but unfortunately not as striking or as
catchy as Pumping The Iron and The Room, to me it comes from
the distant vocals and the more "compacted" kind of sound resulting from a
different mix which doesn't give as much space to each instrument to be
able to hook you up (the guitar tends to overshadow a bit too much the
vocals)... it's hard to say really where it comes from, I mean the songs
are good for sure but in the end, even after several listens, they didn't
stick to my mind...
To be honest I feel that these four tracks plus the two previous ones
mixed as a whole and put together on a record would make a hell of a
mini-LP, but right now I can't help but feel slightly disappointed (that's
probably what happens when you put your expectations too high).
Still wanna see them on stage ASAP though!
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