It’s been 10 minutes since I sat down with this blank page and I’ve written a couple of intros. All saw the backspace doom. Usually I’d fill this part with an anecdote about my current state that mirrored the record on deck but my dismal reality was not pulling any similarities to Onslo’s self-titled. For I’m just a girl almost 30 and over it while the album is this obscure take on rock that mixes psychedelic elements with post rock measurements.
I’ll just start with what I didn’t like – “Slave Ship” and “Cut M A Switch.” I got scared off by the titles but luckily those were at the end and the beginning wasn’t so intimidating. The start was actually the best part. “Bear Experience,” although weird was a good time. It was “BSIAR” though that really did this record in and drew comparisons to The Vines. It took me a minute to remember the name of that band by the way…images of The Strokes kept popping up and I had to shut them down. Ryan Murphy may have wanted to tag “Queen Of The Harpies” to American Horror Story: Freak Show. This isn’t because it is creepy, but because the music does have a circus flare to it. In the end though Onslo left me wondering about one thing, who the heck is “Chris Floyd?”
While there were some songs that failed to win me over, there were just as many that actually broke through to me because usually this isn’t my thing. This is the type of music band geeks freak out over, the kind that leaves real musicians amazed. It’s not for the girl who gets down to Backstreet Boys (in 2014). So if you’re like the latter and not like me, check out Onslo, out now.
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