DALE GROVER - GLOSSOLALIA (HOT PINK VINYL)

The unhinged energy from Dale Crover’s songwriting is at its Best with Glossolalia. An album full of momentum and melodic coolness radiating from the unique production and ripping guitar playing from Dale, Kim Thayil and Dan Southwick. Dale is no stranger to collaboration and has collaborated with some pretty heavyweight musicians on this record, such as Tom Waits, Ty Segall, Kim Thayil (Soundgarden), Rob Crow (Pinback). Damn. (Note Kim Thayil and Mat Cameron both from Soundgarden seem to be getting around to a lot of albums these days - see the MC5 s - yes THAT MC 5 both play on that new album with the late Wayne Kramer). Tom Waits opens this album with a pretty unhinged vocal performance that wouldn’t surprise the average Tom Waits fan but caught me off guard pretty intensely and opened this record up in a kooky and unpredictable way before it launches into the heavy-hitting garage rock title track, Glossolalia. The Opening track is a high-energy rock n roll song filled with tasteful organs ripping guitar licks and Dale’s cool 60s-style vocal performance. The following track, Doug Yuletide, is an absolute strutter of a tune; its cool guitar riffs and rhythmic feel remind me of some cuts off Beck’s Odelay as well as some modern psych rock like Thee Oh Sees. - review Northern Transmissions.