Glocca Morra is a band
from Philadelphia that I played with at the Metaphor in Escondido last week and
today I finally got around to listening to their tape from last year, “Ghoul
Intentions.” This 6-song EP is a really good representation of their sound,
which is more or less post-pop-punk. The band that I think is the easiest to
compare them to would be Hot Water Music, although a bit more lighthearted than
them. They also have a slightly garage-punk sound going on that reminded me of
Scared Of Chaka, and the vocals oscillate between a strained HWM-style howl and
a more chesty singing voice ala Braid or Bear Vs Shark. Musically, they switch between
fast-tempo almost surf-punk smarmy parts to 90s-emo type mid-tempo parts. In
this way they remind me a bit of mid-career At The Drive-In, especially
considering their interesting but not overwhelming guitar parts. The guitars
have an appropriate dissonance, the feedback parts don’t run annoyingly but are
instead part of the song itself; this is most apparent in the angular
mid-section to the song “Little Man.”
Although the insert
says this was released on Ranch Records this looks more like a pure DIY
release, with hand-written lyrics on a hand-cut foldout insert and a hand-drawn
cover of a mutilated zombie-like creature with a mouth in its chest and horned
erection that seemingly has no connection whatsoever to the music within. I got
a real good vibe listening to this album, so if you’re into any of the bands I
listed above at all I’d say give Glocca Morra a chance; they were really nice
guys when we were at the show too.
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