18 Dec 2010 — Henning Lahmann
Brooklyn's creative über-talent Zak Mering, who
blessed us with this summer's sickest 80s to 90s throwback party tunes as
Greatest Hits and later was part of that crazily awesome alliance with Outer Limits Recordings'/Matrix Metals' Sam Meringue that dropped
one of this year's best songs as The Sweethearts, is finally about to put out another collection of blissed-out jams under his main (?) recording moniker
Raw Thrills.
Shakedown is a jaw-dropping LP of slightly deranged and off-kilter tunes, finest pop music made up of soft-toned guitars, spaced-out synth patterns and simply addictive drum machine loops, all gently drowned in a sea of foggy noise. This is seriously amazing stuff and I'm kinda relieved that our most adored Japanese friends at
Sixteen Tambourines are not gonna release the 12 inch before mid February cause otherwise I would have been forced to throw my already finished
best albums of 2010 list out of the window to include
Shakedown somewhere prominently. Anyway, you can already pre-order the glory
here. Be quick, as the first 50 will receive the bonus cassette
So Post, a 13 songs tape that exposes a softer, even further sweet melody-dripping side of Raw Thrills collecting some fine covers and a very nice collaboration with
Weyes Blood.
Oh and as I've just read on
Rose Quartz, Mering is also about to drop "some other exciting/top secret stuff" very soon, so I'd suggest you just keep checking their site regularly (which you seriously should anyway).
Raw Thrills - Do You Got That Soul (
Shakedown)
Raw Thrills - It Doesn't Have Anything To Do With Me (
Shakedown)
Raw Thrills - Where (feat. Weyes Blood) (
So Post)
