{"id":11705,"date":"2020-04-25T05:00:48","date_gmt":"2020-04-25T05:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=11705"},"modified":"2020-04-19T17:19:44","modified_gmt":"2020-04-19T17:19:44","slug":"wolf-wolf-cryptid-zoo-metamorphosis-lux-noise-records","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=11705","title":{"rendered":"Wolf Wolf- ‘Cryptid Zoo \/ Metamorphosis’ (Lux Noise Records)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Discovering new music-WolfWolf<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

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How many of us settle with the stuff we listen to, happy in our own little bubble don’t really think about what\u2019s new, different, in your face, or just challenge our own perception of what music should sound like.<\/p>\n

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Who knew that through exploring the wonders of the internet, you\u2019d find an exciting, vibrant underground music scene growing, allowing individuals\/groups to challenge genres, re-imagine styles and most importantly find an audience.<\/p>\n

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When this band appeared in my inbox with a brief note from RPM Online\u2019s head honcho, saying this one\u2019s for you Brooks, my first thought was, it must be right out there, or maybe a standing Prog joke?<\/p>\n

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But ultimately absolutely nothing of the like that usually crosses the RPM doorstep, and boy was I right!!! But conversely I love it!!!!!<\/p>\n

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So welcome to the strange world of WolfWolf<\/strong><\/p>\n

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And first up? Wolf Wolf- ‘Cryptid Zoo’\u00a0<\/strong>released in 2017, and boy was the world not prepared for it!!<\/p>\n

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This is absolutely nuts from the off even the press pack is off the scale for weird I mean check it out,<\/p>\n

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\u201cThey\u2019ve left the protective gloom of the deep forest and are slinking around the towns, devouring hippies, hipsters and bass amplifers \u2013 and anyone unable to endure their howls is one-two-three-four pounded to pieces by Mr. Wolf, the stand-up drummer. Those able to withstand them are bombarded with trash by gitarrero Mr. Wolf. Anyone left standing after the onslaught is one of those real rock\u2019n\u2019roll creatures that WolfWolf yowl about in their latest album: socio-, psycho- and other -paths, yetis, aliens and swamp monsters. Only those able to survive the WolfWolf assault belong in the Cryptid Zoo\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

I have to be honest listening I\u2019m getting drawn more and more towards the Legendary Shack Shakers, and vocally there\u2019s very much the Colonel\u2019s style of delivery over what I would say is a mutated bluegrass skeleton, mutated as in intertwined with scuzzed up delta-blues . Now if you like the Shack Shakers, the Cramps and maybe from Europe, The Country Dark, then you will absolutely love this baby, as I\u2019m smiling my way through the opening tracks number five up catches my attention with just the right amount of Urban Voodoo machine carny \u201cLinzer Waltzer\u201d is the title to look out for. I have to be honest from this point I\u2019m hooked. Next up \u201cRoswell\u201d definitely heads towards Devo territory but going along a very strange path to get there, via the Cramps.<\/p>\n

For \u201cTuzenak\u201d I guarantee you will be taken by surprise, this raises the weirdness bar to an impossible level , what the fuck it is? I have no clue!! There have been way too many psychedelics consumed.<\/p>\n

But before we head back towards the alternate reality of normality that this LP pushes, I just need to screw my reviewing head back on straight and stop dribbling. \u201cThe hunter from Hell\u201d moves it right back into the Shack Shakers vibe, but pushing even their dark boundaries. The Cajun stomp that introduces \u201cLeave This town\u201d, actually turns into the easiest to pin down and potentially the most recognizable genre contained within this LP.<\/p>\n

The cunning plan would have been to push this as a single, and then laugh when you imagine people realizing that it\u2019s nothing like the rest of the album.<\/p>\n

Finishing both me off and the LP, \u201cCreepy things\u201d comes on like the bastard son of The Cramps and the Fuzztones, that’s been listening to many alternative tentacles releases while consuming huge amounts of DMT!!<\/p>\n

Go on you know you want to, peer into the strange distorted reality of WolfWolf, it\u2019ll defiantly alter your perception of what music should sound like, be afraid, but be adventurous and willing to experiment.<\/p>\n

But never one to bottle it I dived in further finding a brand new release from<\/p>\n

WolfWolf- Metamorphosis<\/strong><\/p>\n

Not quite sure where this one would take me, I think whisky is called for \u201cjust to settle the nerves. Turns out that\u2019s a very good choice as the drawn out blues of \u201cLucifer\u201d introduces the lp in a very different way, who\u2019d have thought it, this is a very different animal, maybe a band settling on a style or maybe just exploring a very different musical heritage. There\u2019s almost a punk rock vibe to \u201cKlaus\u201d before some very strange things start to happen and we dip into Shamen territory all-be -it briefly.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s a picked acoustic blues entry to \u201cThe Gin Diary\u201d and I\u2019m sure that guitar run came straight out of the Doors \u2013people are strange!!! As I\u2019m taking stock and just drifting through the next couple of tracks I\u2019m drawn back to the Legendary Shack Shakers before again I\u2019m thrown into an industrial Ministry style Land of Rape and Honey track \u201cBirdman\u201d.\u00a0 Next up \u201cDark night\u201d again is that track that will lull people into a false sense of security.\u00a0 \u201cCrushed the Devil\u201d scratches the Urban Voodoo Machine itch, before Fat Fly takes it off into another plain, the techno drum beat, holding the track together before we start to enter Young Gods territory with a blues twist. Boy was I not prepared for the jazz saxophone that opens \u201cShe\u2019s a threat\u201d there\u2019s a hint of Tom Wait\u2019s to this baby, but its buried deep!!!<\/p>\n

Finishing up with the Alt-country vibe of \u201ctime to say goodbye\u201d and your left with the thought on first listen of I\u2019ve never heard anything like it before and probably will hear nothing like it again, it\u2019s nuts, all over the place, but stands on it\u2019s own because of it.<\/p>\n

WolfWolf\u00a0 are not for the faint hearted, definitely not for your average Massive Wagons fan, but if your willing to challenge your boundaries and hear something totally different this band are 100% for you.<\/p>\n

Buy ‘Metamorphosis’\u00a0Here<\/a><\/p>\n

Author: Nev Brooks<\/p>\n