60-Watt Kid

Written by Josh Blalock

60 Watt Kid has crossed into a new dimension with the release of their latest album We Come From the Bright Side. The band has reinvented itself once again and fully embraced its unique "intergalactic pop" flavor with this conceptually cohesive full-length. The self-produced album was mixed by Thom Monahan (Devendra Banhart, Entrance Band, Vetiver and Lavender Diamond) to bring out its asymmetrical guitar riffs, swirling time signatures, and guru tunings that seem to break all rules of musical physics. Chock full of strange, dreamy, pop songs, otherworldly vocals, and layered sonic aberration, the album bends experimental pop on its sidedemonstrating how malleable electronics and melodic instruments can be. From its wistful and percolating first song 2012, the band manages to navigate a core aesthetic of its own design. As the album progresses, it morphs into the ebullient title track, through the explosive 2-minute psych-pop granger "Golden Travels," and into the apocalyptic Pressure." Then, at the heart of the release is the tender epic, Take the Pain Out Of Your Chest, which is as beautiful and penetrating a track as any youll hear this year

"2012" - 60-Watt Kid from We Come From The Bright Side (2010)
"We Come From The Bright Side" - 60-Watt Kid from We Come From The Bright Side (2010)

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