
Marvelle Oaks – “Photo Real”
Marvelle Oaks. Holy fuck, wow. Husband and wife duo Alex and Tess combined (in their words): “A glorious stew made from the holy ingredients of the Velvet Underground, Pavement, and the B-52s.” That’s it, that’s all I have. Now go listen to their track “Photo Real.” … apparently I can’t just tell you to go listen to a track based on me saying to, even though I’m right more often than I’m wrong. Okay, so picture if Sonic Youth had a younger cousin who you didn’t see a lot at family get togethers because they’re away at school and all of a sudden they graduate and start showing up more and you’re like “wow, you’re fuckin’ cool!” The janky, random guitar that comes in fits until matching up with the bass for some longer notes and general vibe just struck me in the right way and it will for you to[...]