{"id":3379,"date":"2015-05-15T12:38:27","date_gmt":"2015-05-15T16:38:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/?p=3379"},"modified":"2015-05-28T10:38:43","modified_gmt":"2015-05-28T14:38:43","slug":"guantanamo-baywatch-darling-its-too-late","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/guantanamo-baywatch-darling-its-too-late\/","title":{"rendered":"Guantanamo Baywatch <br>Darling&#8230; It\u2019s Too Late"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/guantanamo_baywatch-darling.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-3380\" src=\"http:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/guantanamo_baywatch-darling.jpg\" alt=\"Guantanamo Baywatch, Darling... It's Too Late\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/guantanamo_baywatch-darling.jpg 250w, https:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/guantanamo_baywatch-darling-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a>On its new record, <i>Darling&#8230; It\u2019s Too Late<\/i> (Suicide Squeeze Records), Portland trio Guantanamo Baywatch doesn\u2019t scrape the muck of its previous outings away so much as makes it less opaque. <i>Darling<\/i> is a swinging tribute to the dark hormonal intentions and frustrated ambitions that often characterize one\u2019s early twenties, played with clear-eyed ferocity and single-minded purpose, but also with a winking self-awareness and playful attitude that keeps the collection of well-trod references fresh.<\/p>\n<p>The highlight of the record, \u201cSea of Love,\u201d is good enough to make you forget\u2014at least for its three minutes\u2014the Phil Phillips classic with which it shares a name. Chevelle Wiseman\u2019s bassline provides a foundation both solid and slick enough to groove, but never fall; Chris Scott\u2019s hip-shaking drums make the floorboards bounce; and Ben Coleman\u2019s pounding piano adds spikes throughout. It\u2019s a beautifully nasty merging of Buck Owens and early doo-wop, with backing vocals of bass grunts and almost cracking falsetto slipping between fore and background around Jason Powell\u2019s lackadaisical yet confident vocals.<\/p>\n<p>Other high points dot the record. \u201cToo Late,\u201d featuring Curtis Harding, is a sultry take on a Solomon Burke ballad\u2014complete with spoken bridge\u2014that carries the couples-skate tempo and shoots it right into the ceiling. \u201cBeat Has Changed\u201d takes on an uptempo Sam Cooke dancefloor revelation and slightly bumps up the aggression while still glowing with barely contained joy, a reminder of how close bliss and fury are when you\u2019re on the verge of a breakthrough. Along with opening salvo \u201cJungle Bride,\u201d these songs show off how flexible Powell\u2019s voice is. He luxuriates in the purity of vowel sounds sliding across each other, stretching meter in contrast with both his guitar and the rhythm section, and the triangulation of those three slightly different beats gives this a groove and texture that separates it from most of the garage-punk pack.<\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere, the record is woven together with sharp, kicky instrumentals. The best of the lot, \u201cRaunch Stomp,\u201d teases repetition into a cross between a go-go dance and that moment you step off the tilt-a-whirl with all the lights spinning on a different axis from the ground, queasy from the candy (and maybe a flask). There\u2019s not a dull track on <i>Darling&#8230; It\u2019s Too Late<\/i>. It conjures dancing in basements, your steps given a jerk from sticking to the floor and trying not to bump into other people, the feeling that your sweat is evaporating, mixing with everyone else\u2019s and redeposited on your face, on her shoulders, on his back. 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