hair traffic control are a pretty cool 4 piece (when you get past the silly name) who've had attention from some pretty cool labels (big scary monsters stuck them on their "to let" unsigned compilation a few months back). i told them i d write some stuff a while back but becuase im dumb i forgot.
on their new ep (let's do lunch) they make cool music like (i love doing this nme style band referencing to inadequately describe a band) the frentic fuzzy sounds of lightning bolt crossed with the more refined aspects of giraffe? girrafe!.
instrumentally this music is really sophisticated. The guitars arent as clean as their math pop contemparies, and i m sure neither are the band memebers. Not a bad thing though and when combined with fuzzy bass lines and solid yet fraught drums combining for a few awesome wall of sound moments.
honesty is my middle name (that was a white lie though, sorry) so i will say at times the vocals seem out of place and at times detract from the brilliance of their instrumental work (particulaly on the opening song "hobo gauntlet"). But i'm just picking holes in what is really good and inivetive music. Check 'em out: MYSPACE HERE AND BUY THE EP HERE
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