Layered, fuzz-drenched guitars, distortion aplenty, powerful-but-measured drumming and distant vocals, which act more like an additional instrument than deliverer of messages – The Baudelaires are psychedelic, man!
And we can certainly imagine tripped-out punters at their gigs, in the zone and quite possibly decoding secret communication while immersed in these hypnotic, sprawling arrangements.
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The Baudelaires’ ‘Roller Vaseline’ was born from an attempt at writing a song in the style of their former tourmates, Italy’s New Candys – band bromance alert! But the Melbourne-based quartet’s latest single soon morphed into an entirely different beast, according to The Baudelaires frontman Grischa Zahren-Bergner, especially the“Hawaiian-esque bridge” inspired by New Candys lead vocalist Fernando Nuti “nailing his first ever surf at Bermagui beach” during their Australian tour.
Built from a stop-starty riff that channels Silverchair’s ‘Freak’, lead single ‘Parasol’ shimmies with tambourine accents. “If I could keep it turning, ‘til I feel nothing” – The Baudelaires wrote this one about some post-show hijinks in Belgium, including that time they latched onto a gambling addict who was hogging a roulette table.
Closing track ‘Solid Rock’ struts along nonchalantly until an instrumental freakout invades around the three-minute mark. The song then exponentially quickens in pace – the lunatics taking over the asylum – there’s a brief pause, then The Baudelaires lock back into their original groove (show-offs!) to close.
Label: Cheersquad Records
Release date: 2 September
