Witch - S/T

If I've said it once, I've said it a thousand times, stoner rock is a school of music that's easy to play but pretty freakin' hard to make interesting. Witch's self titled debut manages to pull off that awkward agenda and have thus produced a rather gripping seven track sludge fest. But then, when you've got J Mascis on drums, you know it must be good to have held that damn slacker's attention throughout the creation of an entire album. Although it would be too easy to spend this whole write up talking about the inclusion of said infamous genius/wanker, the drumming can only really be described as decent. It does the job, keeps the other instruments together and gives the whole thing a nice rhythm, what drummers are supposed to do basically. What really stands out here is the blend between the almost shoegaze like vocals and the predictable yet not redundant, Iommi infused guitar work. Imagine Sabbath with Jim Reid singing and a generally more together nature (although they are prone to the odd few minutes of wandering) and you've got this band figured. You could argue that this is a stoner album for people who don't really like stoner. This album has the ever enjoyable rock out qualities with the touch of hipster cool being supplied in the vocals.

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