Staff Pickof the Week

Every week we here at Repo like to pick one record that we can all agree on as being the one thing we can't stop listening to. This week's pick is.....

Disappears - Guider
(Kranky)

This album sounds like it's got a high gloss enamel over it and I mean that as a good thing. The reverb is dripping off of every song, like the sound is trying to pass through this enamel and explode. It's got a fogginess to it and yet, at the same time sounds intentional and smooth. They takes the raw sound of their punk roots and tone down the abrasiveness while keeping the energy up. The main bite of Disappers though is the pounding rhythms. The rhythms aren't catchy per se, but infect you none the less with how driven they feel. Disappears is a kraut rock charged melody machine that takes itself pretty seriously, and it's so nice.