Caballo Tripode / Horror Vacui

Tic Tac Totally

Debut record from Valencia, Spain's obscure CABALLO TRIPODE, a project formed and recorded during a hiatus by LE JONATHAN REILLY members about two years ago, and now a fully functioning band alongside LJR. Caballo Tripode's debut LP is an exercise in contrasting rustic-Spanish-folk and garage rock with deliberately futuristic chaos, time issues, and other various "unexpected choices" of all shapes and colors. A homespun psychedelic result with a wildness similar to Meercaz's spacey rockscapes. Here we have songs that position themselves on a garage and surf backdrop only to depart right into a much deeper bag of tricks. All this while they've kept one foot down on their romantic sensibilities, regional (Valencia, Spain) vibes and good ole crunchy guitars. So it never floats off into outer space either. A very unique and regional take on what "garage" and "surf" record can actually become in a post-garage and surf world that rarely attempts honest retooling efforts in their old shops.

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