Buck
Rock Dream
Startracks
2002
Rating: 6.5 rutting deer out of 10
It’s not all Hives-style garage rock coming out of Sweden – just look at the Startracks and Kasual Records roster if you don’t believe me. This EP is the newest outing from my favorite of the bunch, Buck. Their previous record ‘Hello Holland’ sounded like a band who had spent a whole lot of time listening to the Archers of Loaf, and trying to replicate the sounds that they heard. This new EP, while still holding some of those elements, sees Buck maturing and developing their own sound, a hybrid of their older Archers-type songs mixed with the keyboard-and-atmospherics heavy Appleseed Cast (whose new record ‘Two Conversations’ is also really amazing). If this EP is an indication of what their next full length will sound like, then look out – there might just be a new, fresh face representing the sounds of Sweden.
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