Shiloe--Please Remove Your Teeth From My Neck

Boy do I hope you like Sonic Youth. If you don’t, turn around and march away from Shiloe this instant, because this music ain’t for you. Unless you’d like to test the infamous underground waters, in which case Shiloe is probably the best alternative to the godfathers of indie themselves. Shiloe’s Please Remove Your Teeth From My Neck is their sophomore EP release, gearing up hopefully for a full-length LP sometime in 2007…because six songs just leave the listener drooling for more. The namesake track opens the release, and right away the influences from Sonic Youth (and a touch of Radiohead and Joy Division). Easy-going instrumental fuzz backs Thurston Moore-styled vocals, but Shiloe comes off much more pop-friendly than the experimental rockers. The farther the listener ventures into the EP, the farther Shiloe depart from the Youth and into Pixie-land. "Tremors" is a bottled-up brew of dark emotion topped with vocals that again adopt many of the same styles as Pixie singer Black Francis. Shiloe channels underground rock right out of the early ‘90s and delivers it – reshaped and remade for a new era – right to your ears. Get on this band so you can join me in begging for an LP.

(Published at MusicEmissions.com)