Me, I’m cool with bands like Times New Viking and Psychedelic Horseshit. But the whole experimental no-fi garage sound known these days as “shitgaze” has long been claimed and championed by Indianapolis fuzz engineers Marmoset (to be fair, Creation Records group Meat Whiplash also helped to build this sound, and countless ’60s era bands before them – but for the sake of this conversation I feel that it’s just plain treachery that Marmoset have not received their due lauding). Anyway, they’ve been doin’ the damn thing since 1995, and their long player Record in Red is essential listening in the sludgey atmospheric pop realm. With great excitement, it looks like Marmoset is back like a mac attack, as Tea Tornado, their first record after their split with Secretly Canadian a couple years back, is set to drop.
Though originally slated to be released this month, I just received word from Karl at Joyful Noise, Marmoset’s new home, that Tea Tornado has been pushed back but finally given a definitive release date – August 4. You had the privilege of hearing “I Love My Things” last week, and judging from that as well as “Peach Cobbler” below, Marmoset is still the same old smokey, dark, swagger-saturated AM pop purveyor, and Tea Tornado looks to be just as intriguing as classics Record In Red and Today It’s You.
It’s also worth noting that Marmoset is hitting Louisville in September. Stoked. More details on that as they become available.
Tracklisting:
1. Written Today
2. Empty Room
3. Strawberry Shortcakes
4. He’s Been Napping
5. Come With Me
6. Toy
7. Hallway
8. Peach Cobbler
9. Musing
10. Gretchen
11. Run Away, Teri
12. You, Blueberry Muffin
13. I Love My Things
14. Oh’ Dear Handlebars
MP3 :::
Marmoset – Peach Cobbler
