Superb ‘60s garage rock throwback
If a band’s name starts with “The Electric†– The Electric Prunes, Flag or Toilet, for example – they’re likely to fit somewhere in the continuum between 1965’s garage rock explosion and 1967’s ballroom acid tests. New York’s The Electric Mess, with their ear-piercing Farfisa, raucous guitars, driving rhythms and sneering vocals fit easily into the first half of that transitional period, echoing the surge of original punk that rocked a thousand suburban basements. The omnipresent organ riffs suggest earlier revivalists like the Lyres and Three O’Clock, period inspirations Question Mark and the Mysterians, and half the bands who’ve appeared on Nuggets and Pebbles collections. Great original songs, blazing guitar riffs with neo-psych shades, and vocalist Esther Crow spits out lyrics with the ferocity of Paula Pierce. [©2012 hyperbolium dot com] 