{"id":1882,"date":"2014-08-20T09:18:02","date_gmt":"2014-08-20T13:18:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/?p=1882"},"modified":"2014-09-04T11:21:57","modified_gmt":"2014-09-04T15:21:57","slug":"the-pharmacy-spells","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/the-pharmacy-spells\/","title":{"rendered":"The Pharmacy <br>Spells"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Pharmacy-Spells.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-1883\" src=\"http:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Pharmacy-Spells.jpg\" alt=\"The Pharmacy, Spells\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Pharmacy-Spells.jpg 250w, https:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Pharmacy-Spells-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a>Timing is everything. So it\u2019s with a touch of bittersweet head smacking that Seattle band The Pharmacy announced their break-up on the eve of the release of its fifth album, <i>Spells<\/i> (Old Flame Records\/Burger Records). But if you\u2019re going to go out, it\u2019s best to go out on top, and The Pharmacy have achieved that full stop.<\/p>\n<p>If you didn\u2019t know anything about The Pharmacy and came into the record cold, you\u2019d likely be thrown for a loop. The sound of <i>Spells<\/i> is that of \u201860s garage rock run through a Brit-pop filter with a chaser of indie rock. So it\u2019s funny that it\u2019s actually a modern record made by a trio of American guys. <i>Spells<\/i> isn\u2019t a record that\u2019s purposely shot through with retro vibes, but it hits a lot of points on the checklist, especially in the soaring but loose harmonies of \u201cMasten Lake Lagoon,\u201d and the fuzzed out guitars and lo-fi, almost-mono sound of the production on much of the album. But one gets the sense that The Pharmacy slow rolled its way into this style and relatively relaxed approach. While their earlier records had a bit more frantic bash to them, songs like \u201cCoat Tales\u201d and \u201cAnna Belle\u201d here show that the band isn\u2019t afraid to sit in the pocket. It\u2019s a record made for leisure trash talk and a few glasses of shandy, though the sunshine vibe still has bite. The guitars swoop, snarl and buzz, and attack, contrasting with the laidback rhythms and keys that are slightly less prominent this time around<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a bummer that The Pharmacy called it quits just as they\u2019ve discovered an extra gear. <i>Spells<\/i> sounds like the type of record that should have been debuted on the stage of <i>Shindig!<\/i> (if time travel were possible), but is also very much of the moment. It\u2019s the sound of maturing, if not quite maturity, and a clear-eyed, unselfconscious move to something different. 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