Artist: Restorations
Album: Restorations
Label: Tiny Engines
Release: 2011
Hailing from Philadelphia, Restorations produce the kind of
music that deeply resonates; by the end of the third track, ‘Neighborhood Song’
consecutive plays of the record were clearly inevitable.
I laughed when I heard that this band had somewhat been accused
of making music for old punks. Mainly because that’s exactly what I am and Restorations make exactly the kind of music I want to listen to. Every day.
Restorations seem to blend punk rock, roots Americana, elements of post rock, and yet wouldn’t sound out of place on some mid 90s Mid-West indie label compilation.
With their debut full length, Restorations have given us something
truly original, which defies the current obsession of genre classification. None of your post-industrial-crabcore-dubstep metal here.
To try and classify or pigeonhole this band would be doing
them an absolute disservice. Sure, if I was pushed to pick out a handful of bands as
reference points then I suppose I could (Richmond Fontaine, Hot Water Music, Fugazi, and The
Replacements), but this would simply serve as a distraction from the well honed
and crafted songs which make up this wonderfully paced album.
Restorations are Restorations
Restorations are Restorations
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