Bully
Feels Like
Columbia
2015
Rating: 7.5 old habits out of 10
The
sound of the nineties are alive and well with the new kids, and Bully
are as good an example as any currently on the scene. I see lots of PJ Harvey comparisons, and
maybe I hear that a little in the vocals, but musically I'm not there
at all. I've even seen some Hole comparisons, which get a
huge "hell no" from me (I never liked Hole so there's a lot of bias
in that reaction). On Bully's best songs like "Milkman," "I Remember,"
and "Brainfreeze," the most apt comparison might be the driving indie
punk guitars of Superchunk or the mid-nineties version of Dinosaur
Jr (when it was really just J Mascis solo even though he still called it Dinosaur Jr.). Bully doesn't sound exactly
like Speedy Ortiz, but both acts are mining the same territory musically
- and for my money, Bully are doing it just a little bit better. I'll
be honest, not nuts about their slower songs, but hopefully they grow on
me. The upbeat tracks (such as those mentioned above) are so damn good
it doesn't matter though, as this record is a keeper for sure.
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