Four tracks from Oakland California's Blues Lawyer and their debut album Guess Work which came out in April. An impromptu project from members of various bands, it's full of neat, concise Independent pop songs, working from the template of Wire's Pink Flag and Television Personalities with a dash of Velvet Underground circa '69 Live and Loaded, looking ahead to Modern Lovers Roadrunner and occasionally further than that to The Strokes and Moldy Peaches. If you like any of these, you'll find much to treasure here.
It's a cool little record. Call and response from Rob Miller and Elyse Shrock abounds across the album. It's a record which draws lovingly on the groups record collection but informs proceedings which a beautiful felt teenage ennui.
Recorded over a couple of days and available on cassette and Bandcamp download, Guess Work never wastes a moment or skips a beat. Ten songs checking in between one minute and three which kind of make you hope that the contributors shelve their main projects and become full time lawyers.
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