Lorelle Meets The Obsolete – Chambers

Garage rock, psych and lo-fi stoner rock aesthetics collide on the new album by Mexican husband and wife duo Lorelle Meets The Obsolete, and it's difficult to credit how the pair have managed to achieve such a well-rounded, expansive sound with just two players. The much-touted lead single What's Holding You? sets the pace with caterwauling guitars, tweaked-out organ sounds and shuffling, clattering drums, and the vocals of Lorena (aka Lorelle).

A shoegaze influence can be heard on The Myth of the Wise and Music For The Dozens, attributable in part to the presence of Spacemen 3's Sonic Boom, who produces the record. Alberto (The Obsolete) takes vocal duties on a few tracks, bringing rasping blues chords and dazed, muted murmurings to I Can't Feel The Outside. Chambers is a record that, while offering little groundbreaking or earth-shattering, is impeccably written and played, elevating it to the essential. [Bram E. Gieben]