I’m as big a fan of Keith Richards as anybody, and TALK IS CHEAP (1992) was widely hailed as a garage-rock triumph, circa 1965. But Reigning Sound‘s TOO MUCH GUITAR has captured that ring. In honor of Little Steven’s Garage Festival Blowout (featuring Somerville’s own The Charms) I’ve been listening a lot to Beyond the Beat Generation, and Reigning Sound captures more of this obscure spark than any band since the Lyres, and they run on their own curruscated fuel. Rhythmic melodies, melodic kicks, unselfconsciously simple yet brutal guitar solos and a vocalist who makes poetic with angst like so many cheap thrills. Glorious mess of sound.
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