Following the out-of-nowhere success of last year's EP I have lost all desire for feeling, Syracuse, NY's Perfect Pussy went into making this debut album with a much wider audience and, presumably, a larger budget. Rather than clean up their sound, however, the band have delivered another collection of ferocious noise rock punctuated by Meredith Graves' pissed-off yelling.
The sonic clarity is improved somewhat, but it's still messy as hell, meaning that Say Yes to Love sounds more like another demo than a proper album. But though this isn't the grand mission statement listeners might have expected from one of 2014's most hotly-tipped debuts, it's nonetheless a thrilling document of the group's manic punk energy. Interestingly, the best song here is also the most restrained: "Interference Fits" centres on moody riffs, mid-tempo rhythms and feedback-laced sing-speak. It's tempting to imagine what the song would sound like in high fidelity, and it hints that — as good as Say Yes to Love is — there may be even greater things in Perfect Pussy's future.
Read an interview with Perfect Pussy's Meredith Graves here.
(Captured Tracks)The sonic clarity is improved somewhat, but it's still messy as hell, meaning that Say Yes to Love sounds more like another demo than a proper album. But though this isn't the grand mission statement listeners might have expected from one of 2014's most hotly-tipped debuts, it's nonetheless a thrilling document of the group's manic punk energy. Interestingly, the best song here is also the most restrained: "Interference Fits" centres on moody riffs, mid-tempo rhythms and feedback-laced sing-speak. It's tempting to imagine what the song would sound like in high fidelity, and it hints that — as good as Say Yes to Love is — there may be even greater things in Perfect Pussy's future.
Read an interview with Perfect Pussy's Meredith Graves here.
