Wowie Zowie Okey Dokie Review
Do you ever hear a band and immediately know that you HAVE to watch them play live? There’s a specific kind of energy in a great live performance and the opening riff to Wowie Zowie, the latest release from Wassail Bomb, sounds like falling in love at an indie rock show.
I can almost taste the PBR and acrid bar smoke while absolutely rocking out to this twenty minute banger of a record. It made my heart ache for the times I’ve spent at The 806 or Golden Light dancing and jamming out to Mount Ivy, and Native Crowds and Rain Division. More succinctly, what Josiah McMullin and crew have done with this record is a nostalgic trip that I sincerely hope to see performed loudly and energetically very soon.
Start to finish, this album elicits some of the montage moments from manic pixie dream girl movies, with it’s quirky emotions and clever guitar parts. I could picture Zack Braff prepping for a date or chasing the girl amid quick cuts of scenic vistas and perfectly centered Wes Anderson shots over top any of these tracks.
Tell me this doesn’t fit “The Tournament”.
This has a distinctive energy that really leans into film in my head and it definitely deserves to be enjoyed from your car speakers while driving too fast on the highway at night. This record is youth, in all of it’s awkward and wonderful beauty.
The guys play well and stay tight throughout. I love how they keep things interesting and no song runs past it’s welcome. The kids are gonna eat this up, great energy and very dance-worthy production.
My personal favorite was tightrope and I like where it sits in the record. The punctuated vocals with snare backing felt cool and that almost organ sound in the break mid-verse fits in nicely.
Right now, alot of people are talking about what they miss most from before the pandemic. For me, it’s absolutely live music, and as soon as this is all over, I plan to be at the very first show at Golden Light, and I hope to hell and back that these guys are there, rocking this record. Check them out at the links below:
Spotify link: https://open.spotify.com/artist/5t3aIdm5sslajgZUR2ECkU
