6.9 out of 10
Label- Ol Factory Records
Released- 2009
Format- 10" vinyl w/download
This was definitely a easy buy for me, I've wanted to pick up both bands records for a while so a split 10" with both bands for only nine bucks seemed like quite the deal. Bipolar Bear is a band from LA that seems to be the loudest band to come out of the Smell for quite some time. With the whole lo-fi singer songwriter thing that's blowing up it's nice to come across a band that proceeds to blow your brains out with sound.They also run a pretty legitimate record label called Kill Shaman Records. I recently saw them live and was very impressed, my favorite part of the band is their Shellac like bass tone and hard hitting drummer. Talbot Tagora is a band from Seattle, WA that has the whole Abe Vigoda tropical punk thing going on. The songs between the two bands are very similar, the biggest difference is the slamming bass tone from Bipolar Bear and the complete lack of a bass player in Talbot Tagora. We'll see in time which side gets played more, right now its the Bipolar Bear side.
Buy it here:
http://www.thesmell.org/olfactory
I ripped one song from each side for you, enjoy!
Bipolar Bear-"Cape Verde"
Talbot Tagora- "Internet Fixture"
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