- College rock
- Post-grunge
- Alternative rock
Comment: recently I got a letter by Andrew Gipson
Richardson who wrote me in for a submission. More profoundly, I got the 7-track
issue called Gummy. In fact, it was
not the first time for me to write about music where he was involved in. 4
years ago I reviewed his another project Yall`s 2-track issue GUM (2011) where AGR and Travis
Franklin walked on the wild side of rock and roll. Indeed, they did not give a
fuck at all (or they did it, though – depending on a point of view adopted). It
was the absolutely mind-blowing experience with either haphazardly or
mathematically represented drumming patterns and stunning singing and frantic
guitar playing to fill the space. Indeed, all of that did have hints at rootsy
bluesy power of rock music which is one of the most primary edges regarding the
style. Wassup Foolie is the duo of AGR and the drummer Taylor Kohl whose Gummy
is the follow-up to the album Nose/Eyebleed
EP (2011) being promoted through Noisetrade. By the way, Travis Franklin
mixed these 7 compositions made up of grunge music influenced elements, some
math rock fabrics and feeling of college rock. It can be said the duo likes to
conjure up melodies and tortured singing within the aforementioned styles. In
fact, I was honoured to experience two different versions of the album. The
tentative version involved more garage-y hues thereby giving more DIY approach
to the album. The last version is more polished and restrained though involving
some superficial sonic effects here and there. On the whole, it is a decent
work though I prefer to be in the midst of the craze of Yall`s music. It does
have a truly affective aspect within the music.