The Long Strides - S/T

Australian The Long Strides for sure dig the mix of The Velvet Underground and Jesus and Mary Chain. Well, the do it well even though there's a giant wave of bands lately giggin' this groove. What I mean is, that The Long Strides battles uphill against bands like the Black Angels and The Warlocks just to name a few. But then again they do it well. The Sound is thick and sticky as tar and not that drowned in feedback as other bands from this genre. Vocals are also more in the foreground and not that drowsy with both male and female lead. But the guitars, well they are for sure drowned in fuzz. Cool record with a few really cool stand-out tracks as "Black Black Smoke" and "Do it again" - especially the latter has a black black groove. The really trippy stuff is also to be found in a song like "Perfect Precription".

The Long Strides | Off The Hip Records | LowCut Magazine