Timelost is an accurate description when talking about the Philadelphia trio’s latest effort, Drained, because that’s just the kind of music they play and that fans will hear the instant “play” is pushed as it’s like being hit in the face with wave after wave of nostalgia-soaked Alternative and Post-Rawk which is alright by us!
Bands like Weezer, Wavves, and Dinosaur Jr. come up in their band bio but we’d be remiss if we didn’t add modern outfits like SPICE, recent runs from Quicksand, or legendary outings from both Failure and Far to the mix. It’s a potpourri’d cornucopia of sound for sure but with the way that Timelost navigate the sonic playing field on Drained, it’s like something wholly new.
“Lockjaw” definitely sounds like something you’ve heard before and brims with a constant sense of deja vu which kinda just makes this opening anthem that much more magical while “Combustion Dance” ponders what it would sound like if The Beach Boys emerged during the ’90’s Alternative/Grunge boom.
“Diet Strangers” is big on highs and lows with wailing guitars and baritone bouncin’ bass tones followed by “Eternal Vibe” which is a shreddy good time/vibe unto itself and almost like taking a surf board on a wave of sonic excellence straight for three minutes and change. “Everything’s A Beating (Including Yourself)” is probably the most Weezer-ish track on here with vocals piercing through the fuzzed out foray into Alterna-Pop land before kind of devolving into a full blown Rawker and then “Wet J” is a speedy sanguine riff monster before slowing up for the outro.
“Cranium Dent” steadily sways between verses and choruses on a memorable sing-a-long that’ll cause simultaneous foot stompin’ and head bobbin’, “Lifer Death” is a little moodier but even catchier if that’s possible, and “Another Casualty Of Me” comes correct with a vengeance for a track that’s like peak Bush and Toadies in the mid-’90’s with “Permablue” laying out a lasting impression with an impressive Rawk out at album’s end.
Drained arrives through Church Road Records on February 23rd. Pre-orders are available now and can be perused by heading here and for the latest from Timelost follow the band across the information superhighway when you click here, here, or here.