Eddy Current Suppression Ring: All In Good Time 12″

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It is impossible to deny no one sounds like Eddy Current. I was hooked from riff one and I was lucky enough to do a full tour of Australia with them years agogood fucking boys, simple as beer and chips, and that satisfying live. But thats not to say there arent odd complexities to their definitive sound.

You can smell Mikey Youngs guitar approach like Sasquatch rustling the bushes, every time you think you see the bend ahead, you go into a tunnel or backtrack for a moment, then back to a nice place you can call home. Rob [Solid]s bass is pub-fuzz groove. Its shells-on-the-floor and leaning-against-the wall-with-one-hand-while-you-have-a-piss thinking: maybe you can take that guy? Only one way to find out oh wait, hes smilingnice bloke! Danny [Young]s drums are a clinic in reservedness: 4-on-the-floor. This guys Charlie Watts in the looking glass, every hit a necessitysolid, not flashy, like the lead street tough in a 70s flick. He dont say much, but it counts. And then there is Brendan [Huntley], be-gloved lead mensch in this quartet. Singing with earnest street poet confidence, his message coming in on the weird-wire, hard to describe, best to just listen and see: a pub-punk-priest.

We are very pleased to have these boys back on the streets. It had been far too long. John Dwyer

Our take: If you care, you already know that Eddy Current Suppression Ring ended a lengthy hiatus by releasing a brand new album with very little advance notice. Theyve reached the point in their career where their records get dissected by Pitchfork, so I dont need to yammer on about All in Good Time too much, but I thought Id throw in my two cents as a longtime fan. While there isnt a great pop song like Which Way to Go or Memory Lane here, its still a top-notch album that should please anyone whos into Eddy Current beyond their hits. One thing I love most about this band is how they find these gentle, lazy grooves and ride them into the sunset, hanging on riffs and grooves for way longer than most bands would without ever sounding repetitive. If thats an aspect of Eddy Currents music that you love, All in Good Time is a record for you. This isnt a record Id throw on at a party, but its a record that Ive already spent several quiet evenings on the couch with, sometimes giving it my full attention and sometimes letting it wash over me as I read a book or do the dishes. Its not background music, and while it doesnt beg for your attention, it rewards it. So, thats my piece Im thankful that All in Good Time exists.