Guerilla Toss
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When a band sells its sound as psychedelic art rock, I step on board the wagon and take a ride. Guerilla Toss kept me in my metaphorical seat with an idiosyncratic style that was head-scratching novel in just the way I like. Disco funk, post-punk, experimental rock, psychedelia, prog, weirdo pop, dance music—it’s all there, with the musicians hopping between stylistic vibes or fusing them together into one delicious sonic hoagie, adding squirts of goofiness and absurdity for flavor, while frontwoman Kassie Carlson’s vocals never really follow a straight line or melody. “Magic Is Easy” is carried on funky, wet bass lines and sci-fi noodling synths, while in “Jesus Rabbit,” Carlson’s quasi-religious, conversational verses are interrupted by a singsong dissonant chorus and bouncy offbeat instrumentals. Both are tracks off Twisted Crystal, the Boston band’s 2018 full-length, though they’ll arrive in town on the heels of releasing a fresh five-song EP, What Would the Odd Do?. RIYL: Deerhoof, Melt-Banana.
by Leilani Polk