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The Growlers - Chinese Fountain

Review by Matthew Slaughter

It is clear that The Growlers, when not obsessing over gimmicks and borrowed tropes, are perfectly capable of graduating to become a great, insightful pop band. Sorry, beach goth band.»

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The Growlers release their new album 'Chinese Fountain' through Fat Cat Records. Having demoed the tracks at guitarist Matt Taylor's Topanga home, the 11-track album was recorded quickly in a week-and-a-half at Sea Horse Sands Studio in downtown Los Angeles. Produced by JP Plunier. Self-describing their music as "Beach Goth", sunburned and salty, the term perfectly describes their distinctive melding of reverb heavy surf guitar and Bakersfield-style honky tonk with '80s post-punk. 'Chinese Fountain', their fourth long-player having formed in Dana Point, California in 2006, is their most confident album to date.
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