Last year Chicago's Village debuted with Minimal Animal, a strong set of tunes that split the difference between '60s-styled psych rock and jangly power pop. It was one of my favorite releases of 2010, so just a few months after it dropped I was very pleasantly surprised to find out that the second Village LP, Local Moves, was already set for an early 2011 release. While Minimal Animal came together after singer/guitarist Stephen Ucherek dissolved his previous band The Living Blue and began writing and recording new material mostly on his own, its follow-up, out now, was more of a group effort. It is the first Village release featuring the band's since-formed live lineup; joining Ucherek are guitarist Kevin Smith, drummer Joshua Lucas, bassist Allissa Hacker and Mike Racky on pedal/lap steel. This definitely gives the record a fuller, tighter feel, but at its core it picks up right where Minimal Animal left off, with the same sort of garage-meets-psych-meets-pop vibe and an equally strong - maybe stronger - batch of songs.
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Friday, February 18, 2011
Record review: Village - 'Local Moves'
Posted by Frank
Last year Chicago's Village debuted with Minimal Animal, a strong set of tunes that split the difference between '60s-styled psych rock and jangly power pop. It was one of my favorite releases of 2010, so just a few months after it dropped I was very pleasantly surprised to find out that the second Village LP, Local Moves, was already set for an early 2011 release. While Minimal Animal came together after singer/guitarist Stephen Ucherek dissolved his previous band The Living Blue and began writing and recording new material mostly on his own, its follow-up, out now, was more of a group effort. It is the first Village release featuring the band's since-formed live lineup; joining Ucherek are guitarist Kevin Smith, drummer Joshua Lucas, bassist Allissa Hacker and Mike Racky on pedal/lap steel. This definitely gives the record a fuller, tighter feel, but at its core it picks up right where Minimal Animal left off, with the same sort of garage-meets-psych-meets-pop vibe and an equally strong - maybe stronger - batch of songs.
Last year Chicago's Village debuted with Minimal Animal, a strong set of tunes that split the difference between '60s-styled psych rock and jangly power pop. It was one of my favorite releases of 2010, so just a few months after it dropped I was very pleasantly surprised to find out that the second Village LP, Local Moves, was already set for an early 2011 release. While Minimal Animal came together after singer/guitarist Stephen Ucherek dissolved his previous band The Living Blue and began writing and recording new material mostly on his own, its follow-up, out now, was more of a group effort. It is the first Village release featuring the band's since-formed live lineup; joining Ucherek are guitarist Kevin Smith, drummer Joshua Lucas, bassist Allissa Hacker and Mike Racky on pedal/lap steel. This definitely gives the record a fuller, tighter feel, but at its core it picks up right where Minimal Animal left off, with the same sort of garage-meets-psych-meets-pop vibe and an equally strong - maybe stronger - batch of songs.
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