The Anomalys

Reviews

The Anomalys Down the Hole LP

With over two decades in existence, Amsterdam’s ANOMALYS emerge further evolved on this latest LP, delivering a ragged and blackened garage punk sound with a warped 1960s lean. The frenetic freak-outs that filled much of their previous output are fewer and further between here, making way for heavier and moodier moments, but there’s still plenty of electricity in the sound. Tension peaks on numbers like “Despair” and “Slaughterhouse,” and the killer, decompressed instrumentals of the opening “Anxiety” and “Flat Top” round this outing nicely. Marvel at the calamity of their wailing, otherworldly racket—Down the Hole is the band’s crowning achievement.

The Anomalys Glitch LP

These Dutch masters (haw-haw) of surf-tinged rockabilly garage have been a Euro staple for more years than I’ve paid attention. They play a punker version of what their Swiss peers/elders the MONSTERS have been doing forever. The singer has a crooning, almost REVEREND HORTON HEAT style of singing, but all comparisons aside, these people can stand on their own merit quite well.  Nine songs speed by in a blur, leaving you spun and dizzy from head-bobbing and hip-shaking, and I imagine vast amounts of hash and beer. “Steppin Out” is the best. Yay. Proost.