The Muckers - Endeavor

 

The few reviews that I've seen for Endeavor have been so wide of the mark that my indignation set off for record and levels. One review compared the band to The Strokes. Trust me this album is nothing like The Strokes in any shape, form or sound.

You'd expect a band with a name like The Muckers to be a Garage Rock or Punk outfit. There's none of that either. I can see some of the confusion, many reviewers listen to the first two songs and then blag a will this do review. Doing that here would have you believe this is Pop Rock. 

However further listening reveals a splendid melodic Psych album. Wonderfully riff led, the Brooklyn quartet have offered up a cracking slice of 60's far out man joy that never loses its hooks despite the Psych being desperate to take over.

The vocal edges to somewhere between Modern Prog and The Fifth Dimension and that is the appeal. Front man. Emir Mohseni has cited his influences from Frank Zappa to The Stranglers and you can hear that, but it is that top notch Psych that everything centres around. It isn't Pop, but it is incredibly hook laden. 

As a fan of Pop Rock who is also a lover of Psych or Prog, I confuse people. But listening to this album will perhaps explain why. At times it is Groovy Uncle, at others Moby Grape without ever appearing that it is trying to be any of either. 

A corking 7 minute wigged out storming affair like To The Core Of The Sun is 1967 UFO Club, yet that is tempered by a song like Suspended which is all UK Beat. Endeavor is an incredibly inventive thing, nodding to the past whilst grabbing da kidz. I'm more than impressed.

You can listen to and buy the album here.

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