{"id":1814,"date":"2014-08-05T12:13:14","date_gmt":"2014-08-05T16:13:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/?p=1814"},"modified":"2014-08-14T13:57:35","modified_gmt":"2014-08-14T17:57:35","slug":"twin-peaks-wild-onion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/twin-peaks-wild-onion\/","title":{"rendered":"Twin Peaks <br>Wild Onion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/twin_peaks-wild_onion.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-1815\" src=\"http:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/twin_peaks-wild_onion.jpg\" alt=\"Twin Peaks, Wild Onion\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/twin_peaks-wild_onion.jpg 250w, https:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/twin_peaks-wild_onion-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a>In every era, there are bands comprised of young early 20-somethings who couldn&#8217;t care less about much of anything besides playing rock music and acting accordingly. But Chicago\u2019s Twin Peaks can&#8217;t be defined as easily. While the band&#8217;s sophomore release, <i>Wild Onion<\/i> (Grand Jury Music), further expands upon the jangled power-pop they established on their 2013 debut, <i>Sunken<\/i>, the new record&#8217;s not just 16 tracks of malt liquor\u2013glazed overdrive like that of other bands in its age group.<\/p>\n<p>With the band\u2019s tight attack fed by a diet of Rolling Stones, Iggy Pop, and Black Lips, there\u2019s plenty to delve into on Wild Onion. The record switches between numbers beefed-up with Cheap Trick riffage (\u201cI Found a New Way,\u201d \u201cFlavor\u201d) and less rugged cuts like \u201cOrdinary People\u201d and \u201cMirror of Time,\u201d on which Twin Peaks filter Big Star\u2013like melodies through a Shins-esque gauze. Meanwhile, the companion tracks \u201cStrange World\u201d and \u201cStranger World\u201d are as dreamy as the band\u2019s David Lynch namesake. The band matches peculiarity with heavy pop, the latter of which is rarely heard elsewhere, and if it is, it\u2019s not nearly as articulated as it is here.<\/p>\n<p>The record is not without its fair share of childlike rambunctiousness and wishful thinking. It&#8217;s not exactly new feelings they&#8217;re bringing up, but they&#8217;re presented unadulterated, as on \u201cSloop Jay D\u201d when frontman Cadien Lake James discloses, \u201cYou got me feeling so lucky. I hope that you fuck me. I hope that you love me.\u201d Later, on \u201cSweet Thing,\u201d he channels juvenile arrogance to sing about \u201call the other girls (he) could be calling\u201d in a deeper register.<\/p>\n<p>Like much indie rock these day, <i>Wild Onion<\/i> is equally retro as it is innovative. But Twin Peaks balance both these directions, touching on a myriad of luminaries without ever pigeonholing itself with any one specialty. For a bunch of dudes not even old enough to drink, they sound like they\u2019ve been at it for years, with the result being a well-rounded album.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In every era, there are bands comprised of young early 20-somethings who couldn&#8217;t care less about much of anything besides playing rock music and acting<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[2],"tags":[34,777,776],"class_list":["post-1814","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-album-reviews","tag-album-review","tag-grand-jury-music","tag-twin-peaks"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - 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