Lovingly pinched from The Sleeping Shaman: The brothers Carney, otherwise known as Pontiak, make a welcome return with this, their first full-length recording since 2010′s Living, somewhat breaking their ridiculously fertile and productive 2008-2010 streak of five albums in a two year span.
Last we heard from the brothers was Comecrudos, an EP comprising one sprawling, dusty twenty-five minute track split into four ‘movements’ and a slight diversion from the usual for the Carneys, but this time things are a lot more succinct and to-the-point – Echo Ono is, essentially, a ROCK album.
A raucous rawkin’ riff welcomes us into opener ‘Lions Of Least’, a punchy li’l number that bops along on a groovy bassline from Jennings Carney, shaded by ghostly organ while lead vocalist and guitarist Van Carney alternates between modal drones and that big-ass rawkin’ riff.
Leading straight in from the first track, ‘The North Coast’ shuffles in on a low-key groove of gently tumbling drums, looping bass and hanging chords before knocking things right up to the max with a firmly in-the-red recurring guitar and drum eruption. Van’s pleasingly melodic vocals here are shaded by cooing background harmonies from his brothers to fine effect, taking the rough edge off of the amped-up guitar roar to some extent.
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Tags: Album of the day, Echo Ono, Jennings Carney, Paul Robertson, Pontiak, The Sleeping Shaman, Thrill Jockey Records, Van Carney
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