Hex Enduction US Vinyl & CDs

Review: Seattle, so much to answer for. The capital of the Pacific Northwest has had a difficult history in terms of its cultural capital, from a thriving pre-war jazz scene to regulatory changes that drove out many clubs and turned music into a sideshow for restaurants, to the beginnings of punk which then led to the explosion of grunge, if one thing is for sure, you should always listen keenly to what's coming out of the city. La Paire D'Or are a case in point. Here with their debut "waxing", as the Hex Enduction label put it, it's very difficult to figure out how to describe or even label what's here beyond "trippier than most". Steeped in psychedelia, owing as much to synths and gritty garage guitars, at times their tracks are thick, sludgy, perhaps even growly, in other moments they seem to be floating off on a bed of helium, destination unknown.