Pitchfork Reviews GØGGS New Album, “Pre Strike Sweep”
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On their second album, this quartet featuring Ty Segall and Ex-Cult’s Chris Shaw produce and pull at their militaristic punk with psychedelic tricks and brief detours.
On their second album, this quartet featuring Ty Segall and Ex-Cult’s Chris Shaw produce and pull at their militaristic punk with psychedelic tricks and brief detours.
“It, too, rips with a house-burning intensity. “Pre Strike Sweep” is a feverish punk-leaning thrasher. Guitars chug and screech behind Shaw’s hoarse barking and Moothart’s restless drumbeat. It kind of sounds like GØGGS covering Show Me The Body covering Dead Kennedys.”
The hardcore four-piece’s sophomore effort is due September 28th via In The Red
GØGGS Announce New Album ‘Pre Strike Sweep’, Release Title Track
GØGGS announce new album ‘Pre Strike Sweep’, to be released on 09/28/2018 via In The Red
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