Gumshen – Stew
by Robert Pyon
Listening to Stew, the latest EP from Seattle, WA's Gumshen, is like taking a time machine back to the early 90s, when grunge bands such as Nirvana, Alice In Chains, and Soundgarden were household names. Like their forbearers, Gumshen's music is loud, abrasive, and raw, conjuring up memories of flannel shirts, torn jeans, stringy hair, loud guitars, and even louder vocals.
This is most evident on tracks like Start of Something Good and Scapegoat, which sound akin to songs Alice In Chains and Soundgarden might have put out, respectively. Both songs derive their energy from crunching guitars, singing that's at turns angry (Scapegoat) and depressingly soulful (Start of Something Good), and the punk-meets-heavy metal-meets-classic rock musical approach.
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