We Knew It Was Not Going to Be Like This

Rock · 2013 · 9 tracks · 45m

We Knew It Was Not Going to Be Like This

Sun-drenched New Zealand jangle meets the hypnotic pulse of krautrock. A hazy, high-velocity record that feels like a long summer afternoon in a crowded van.

It's like if a surf band got obsessed with Neu! and recorded it in a humid New Zealand garage.

A restless, sun-drenched energy that feels both nostalgic for summer and anxious for what comes next.

Tracklist · 9 Tracks · 45m

01

It's a Common Life

3:39

02

I Had the Staring Role

4:11

03

Song From Short Lived TV Series

4:18

04

NYC

4:30

05

Claims of a Galactic Medium

4:50

06

No Place to Go

4:09

07

I Want You

5:08

08

Oceanic Graphs of the Wilderness

5:44

09

What Gets Me By

8:56

Moments Worth Waiting For

The relentless motorik drive of track 1 that sets a hypnotic pace immediately.

The way the guitars dissolve into a shimmering wall of noise during the bridge of NYC.

The nine-minute slow-burn finale where the jangle finally gives way to pure atmospheric drift.

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