Evolution is a wonderful thing. When scientists first created the Bad Ape somewhere in a Wednesfield depot, it was in a lo-fi test tube, containing DNA previously extracted from Lee Ranaldo and held together by Wavves’ gatefolds. But, just like their primate ancestors, they learnt to master their tools, and with ‘Director Denial’, they’ve added a pipette of accessibility.
This being Bad Apes, ‘accessibility’ only measures to the Superchunk scale rather than the full blown Followill, but ‘Director Denial’ is their most pleasingly commercial effort yet. Surprisingly for a shoegaze trio, the track’s pummelling bass line echoes the post-punk of The Futureheads (see ‘Sale of the Century’), whilst Joe Ondrak’s shriek screams Foo Fighters’ ‘White Limo’.
They’re growing better with each release, and with shards of melody creeping in, Crocodiles and Yuck may want to look out. Darwin would be so proud.
Published on August 02, 2012
Evolution is a wonderful thing. When scientists first created the Bad Ape somewhere in a Wednesfield depot, it was in a lo-fi test tube, containing DNA previously extracted from Lee Ranaldo and held together by Wavves’ gatefolds. But, just like their primate ancestors, they learnt to master their tools, and with ‘Director Denial’, they’ve added a pipette of accessibility.
This being Bad Apes, ‘accessibility’ only measures to the Superchunk scale rather than the full blown Followill, but ‘Director Denial’ is their most pleasingly commercial effort yet. Surprisingly for a shoegaze trio, the track’s pummelling bass line echoes the post-punk of The Futureheads (see ‘Sale of the Century’), whilst Joe Ondrak’s shriek screams Foo Fighters’ ‘White Limo’.
They’re growing better with each release, and with shards of melody creeping in, Crocodiles and Yuck may want to look out. Darwin would be so proud.
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