Golden Triangle is a band I'm surprised that I enjoy as much as I do. On the surface, their first full length Double Jointer would be easy to enjoy a bit, and then lose track of considering the fact that there doesn't appear to be a whole lot to differentiate them from the legions of Brooklyn lo-fi/garage/psych/shoegazey DiY-ish rock bands that are coming out these days. That's not a totally damning criticism...but a one-trick pony is a one-trick pony even if I tend to enjoy the trick, and this particular scene seems more oriented to a quickly stale repetition of an "it" sound than many.
So why do I think Golden Triangle is really good? Cuz like many uber-repeated styles of "underground" music, there are a few bands who set themselves apart by just doing it way better than most of their peers. They manage to sound simultaneously lush and blown-out, their songs are amped on a driving rhythm and the drums and bass go a particularly long way to create a really gripping rave-up feel, and the vocals actually succeed in creating the "psychedelic haunted house " feel that the increasingly crowded field of Vivian Girls knockoff bands typically fail to achieve. In my mind, GT is up there with outfits like The Black Lips, Woven Bones, and Thee Oh Sees in the lofty stratosphere of bands who give so many less original and talented people a good reason to copy their sound. Way to go? Whatever, the music is great.
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