Thalamus - Hiding From Daylight - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

2022 .

Los Angeles-based sister duo Jennifer and Jessie Clavin knew things were going to be different for their band Bleached's 2016 sophomore LP Welcome The Worms. Not only had they managed to charm world renowned producer Joe Chiccarelli (Morrissey, The Strokes, Elton John) to join the sisters and their bassist Micayla Grace in the studio, but Jen and Jessie had been crawling out of their own personal dramas. While emotionally spinning, they dove head first into music. The three girls spent time writing the 10-song LP at a remote house in Joshua Tree, away from the distractions of the city. Other times Jen and Jessie worked alone, just like when they were teenaged punk brats playing in their parents' garage, imitating their heroes The Slits, Black Flag and Minor Threat. In the studio, Chiccarelli and co-producer Carlos de la Garza (Paramore, Yacht) helped the band perfect their fervent songs into fearlessly big pop melodies. They drew inspiration from the iconic hits of everyone from Fleetwood Mac to Heart to Roy Ayers. The result is an ambitious rock record with a new found pop refinement that somehow still feels like the Shangri-Las on speed, driven forward in a wind of pot and petals, a wall of guitars in the back seat.

Subterfuge is the second full-length album from the Swedish Hard Rock/Classic Rock band Thalamus. Compared to the debutInchBeneath a dying sunInch, it's more 70's oriented and not so much riff focused. On Subterfuge a great change is the Hammond organ that was fully integrated on the EPInchSign here for nothingInch. The organ tends to fit in really well and takes Thalamus the extra mile. Subterfuge has equal parts of midtempo songs, low tempo and hard stuff, which makes it a great listening record, never tending to get tiring or out of focus. The guitar work is more thoughtful and the solo parts, outstanding. What may differ the most from the debut, are the vocals, which are more mature, more developed and more dynamic. The album kicks off with a low tempo introduction with a Mississippi blues feel, InchBring down MaryInch tends to spin off into a fast hard rock tune.InchWhen goblins cheerInch has a low tempo doom flavor to it, with a chorus that brings your mind to early Rainbow. InchBlindInch (the bands first single) takes you into Deep Purple mood. In all, Subterfuge has something for everyone's mind or mood. You get great ballads with rock flavor in songs likeInchHere today, gone tomorrowInch andInchThrough the fieldsInch. You get your blues nerve satisfied in songs likeInchI hope you understandInch andInchShot to HellInch. with songs like InchLove is shining on the dead manInch you actually get a bit of a seventies/nineties alternative pop feel. And you get to headbang to songs likeInchStill dancing on your graveInch andInchShe sells desolationInch.