A couple of weeks ago the news of this split 7” unexpectedly
appeared with two bands that I wouldn’t have paired together, but that’s the
good thing about records like this.
Old Man Lizard’s track Queazy Like Sunday Morning is an
absolute stormer from the moment it kicks off. There’s a twisted fuzzy feel to
the guitar that buzzes along and hooks you straight in. There’s a mix of
Sabbath and Kyuss with a definite English twist to it. After a couple of well
received records, this feels like a step away from their more doomy miserable
sounding slabs of metal and more like the band doing a stoner rock anthem. If
this is the direction the band are going or not, the track is one of the best I
have heard from them. The recording and production is another step up and the
vocals, though still sounding strained (not in a bad way) really command
themselves throughout the song. It’s like Old Man Lizard doing their Fu Manchu
thing.
Flip the 7” and we leave England for California for the track Sweaty Palms by Big Pig. Knowing the Lalli family and Fatso Jetson connection, then you won’t be disappointed with this. It grooves with that desert feel to it, not to fast, not to slow and has that slightly darker twist to it the way the Melvins perfected. Sweaty Palms has a strong fuzzy feel to the song that stomps along, but all the little extras like the laid back grooving guitar that slips in through the background early on or the soaring solo that feels like it’s not a solo, add to what the two piece machine bang out here. I also have to mention how good the male/female vocal harmonies are throughout the song. Let’s hope they recorded more new songs at the same time.
The 7” is part of a limited split series by Wasted State
Records so if I was you I would be ordering now before they’re gone for good.
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