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Wednesday, March 18, 2009

Tonight Tonight in Music: Wow & Flutter

Posted by on Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 9:00 AM


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One Million Teeth, Wow & Flutter, Arbitron
(Sunset) Portland's Wow & Flutter bust out of the gate of their Golden Touch album with "Red Face," one of those instantly, insanely catchy rock songs that is endearingly rough around the edges: Think Guided by Voices, the Grifters, and Bricks (Mac of Superchunk's early side project). Then comes "Car Crash," with its calamitous noise bursts amid stormy, heroic rock action. These songs represent Wow & Flutter's polar extremes; between them, they create a scrappy yet deft breed of indie rock that miraculously doesn't sound tired at this late date. Each song bears a distinctive character; each song impresses. This is rare. Wow & Flutter are simply great songwriters who manifest their ideas with just the right balance of slapdash brilliance and meticulous craft. DAVE SEGAL

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