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Nach dem Aus seiner Ehe ist der Sebadoh-Chef und Dinosaur Jr.-Bassist Lou Barlow zurück nach Massachusetts gezogen, hat sich dabei offenbar an Sentridoh erinnert und kurzerhand ein ähnlich reduziertes Kleinod von einer unscheinbaren Platte aufgenommen, deren spartanisches Klanggewand schonmal darüber hinwegtäuschen kann, was für ein erfahren-kluges Album 'Brace the Wave' doch geworden ist.
„It’s awesome to hear the future of heavy rock music existing in a place that appeals to a metal aesthetic but doesn’t involve guitars“ Kayo Dot mastermind Toby Driver told us, referring to 'Want', the second LP by Wreck and Reference. Indeed the California based duo of Ignat Frege and Felix Skinner succeeded in perfecting their incredibly independent sound, and creating a maelstrom of an album that is as schizoid as it is unsettling, and gives of a fascinating disturbing atmosphere. Maybe 'Want' is a bit ahead of its time, right here and right now it works as the lurking, hautingly beautiful beast in the darkness under the bed of genre boundaries.
