You may know J. Wang from bands like Tiltwheel, Dan Padilla or Altaira. Come Closer is Wang’s solo project and his first LP Pretty Garbage was largely recorded in the back of his house. It’s not a 100% solo effort, since Wang was helped out by his Tiltwheel/Dan Padilla bandmate Davey Quinn, and Chris Prescott (of Pinback and RFTC fame). The sound of Come Closer trades the punkrock from Wang’s other projects for pleasant laidback indierock, with hints of Superchunk, Jets To Brazil and the Promise Ring. Pretty Garbage has an understated quality making the record easy to overlook. It’s a grower though, and worth the effort of multiple listens. Songs
like Get It Wrong, Footsteps, The Last Time, and Mayday slowly get under your skin, the latter a subtle play on Springsteens’s Dancing In The Dark guitar riff. In the end, Pretty Garbage is a strong collection of songs that feel like a breath of fresh air. Out now on Pirates Press Records on some pretty cool vinyl variations. There also is a limited edition with a fanzine “describing lyrical content reference and the story behind making the album.”
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