Tyvek - On Triple Beams (2012) [FLAC]

Tyvek - On Triple Beams (2012) [FLAC]

Released: 2012
Duration: 32:13
Genre: Pop/Rock
Style: Lo-Fi, Noise Rock
Codec: FLAC
Bit Rate: ~ 1,000 kpbs
Bits Per Sample: 16
Sample Rate: 44,100 Hz
Cover: Front

01 Scaling
02 Early Spring
03 Sea Walls
04 Say Yeah
05 Little Richard
06 City of a Dream
07 Wayne County Roads
08 Midwest Basements
09 Efficiency
10 Returns

Back in the days when studios were prohibitively expensive sonic temples where only the most professional, label-backed bands were able to afford time in their hallowed halls, lo-fi recording was more a thing of necessity than a stylistic choice. But now, in the era of easy-as-pie digital recording, a band has to go out of their way to really make something grimy. And while some might still think of this aesthetic as limited or restricting, Detroit garage punks Tyvek revel in the grime and uncertainty that can only be found when the needle is thoroughly buried in the red. While their fourth album, On Triple Beams, definitely follows in the skull-splitting footsteps of the band's earlier work, the album has a distinctively different feel. Rather than feeling crushed down and distorted, it feels more like you're in the basement with the band, evoking the sort of ear fatigue that will make anyone with tinnitus from one too many basement shows feel immediately nostalgic for the eardrum-destroying sounds that can only come from a punk band refracting off of dingy concrete walls.