{"id":17244,"date":"2019-08-18T05:30:26","date_gmt":"2019-08-18T09:30:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/?p=17244"},"modified":"2019-07-25T11:11:14","modified_gmt":"2019-07-25T15:11:14","slug":"album-review-jack-oblivian-the-dream-killers-lost-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/2019\/08\/18\/album-review-jack-oblivian-the-dream-killers-lost-weekend\/","title":{"rendered":"Album Review: Jack Oblivian &#038; the Dream Killers &#8212; Lost Weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-17245\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/jack_oblivian.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/jack_oblivian.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/jack_oblivian-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/jack_oblivian-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/>Among the audiophile set, the term \u201clo-fi\u201d is cause to run for the hills. Having grown up on a steady diet of 1960s garage rock, I have no such qualms. Hell, I even dig <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/2009\/09\/20\/one-from-the-vaults-green-fuz-back-from-the-ashes\/\">\u201cGreen Fuz.\u201d<\/a> And with that in mind, I welcome <i>Lost Weekend<\/i>, an LP from Jack Oblivian &amp; the Dream Killers that combines a punk approach to musicianship, a primitive recording aesthetic, and an attitude toward session that I daresay Alex Chilton might have enjoyed in his <i>Like Flies on Sherbert<\/i> days. Moreover, the tunes are all compact: only two break the four-minute limit, and five of the record&#8217;s 16 tracks click in well below the two-minute mark.<\/p>\n<p>All of which is a long-winded way of letting you know that if elemental, passionate rock \u2013 think Stooges \u2013 is your cup of tea, then you&#8217;ll delight in the messy, slightly dangerous feel of <i>Lost Weekend<\/i>. There&#8217;s spoken-word blues (\u201cLa Charla\u201d) that even mixes in some decidedly un-Memphis-style horns. \u201cCigarillo 1\u201d has some transistor organ tones accompanying a distorted electric guitar, and that&#8217;s it; nothing more is needed. \u201cGirl on the Beach\u201d uses a tinny, cheapo drum machine, but it&#8217;s still somehow danceable.<\/p>\n<p>Most of the tunes sound as if they were recorded on a cassette deck using a tape Oblivian found in a dusty corner, taping over the little square holes so he could reuse it. And that fits the production style and musical approach of these songs perfectly. <i>Lost Weekend<\/i> doesn&#8217;t seem to have been pressed on 180-gram vinyl, nor did it need to be. Nervy rock &#8216;n&#8217; roll at its most basic, at its most real.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Among the audiophile set, the term \u201clo-fi\u201d is cause to run for the hills. Having grown up on a steady diet of 1960s garage rock, I have no such qualms. 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