{"id":12716,"date":"2022-05-23T21:58:16","date_gmt":"2022-05-23T19:58:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/addtowantlist.com\/?p=12716"},"modified":"2022-05-24T07:42:53","modified_gmt":"2022-05-24T05:42:53","slug":"new-album-guppy-big-man-says-slappydoo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/addtowantlist.com\/index.php\/2022\/05\/23\/new-album-guppy-big-man-says-slappydoo\/","title":{"rendered":"New album: Guppy || Big Man Says Slappydoo"},"content":{"rendered":"

Californian mall rock trio Guppy turned heads with In The Garage<\/em><\/a> (2017) and In Heat<\/em><\/a> (2019), and now they’re back with their full-length album Big Man Says Slappydoo<\/em><\/a>. The 11 songs here are the most ambitious, diverse and thoughtful to date by Julia Lebow (guitar, vocals), Marc Babcock (bass, vocals) and Ian Cohen (drums, vocals), very well produced by Illuminati Hotties’ Sarah Tudzin, also heard on keyboards.<\/p>\n

Probably primed by the colorful and cuddly cover art, the first 37 seconds of the awesome opening track Aliens<\/em> make you think it’s music for kids, but after that it quickly becomes clear that this isn’t meant for their ears. This is colorful indie pop \/ garage rock in which the punk roots of the band members still seep through, although doo-wop influences are just as easily embedded. Listening evokes many different associations – fun, quirky, humorous, explicit, sensitive, painful, danceable, sentimental, awkward, happy, noisy, theatrical, etc. – but these alternate from one moment to the next, just as the fine melodies and compelling vocals surprise time and again.<\/p>\n