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Vehicle Blues "Singles Club #11"

• Depression Chamber
  Depression Chamber veteran (as in he actually performed back here) Vehicle Blues bursts three REALLY short songs on this incredibly short cassingle. Channeling the right mix of noise effect and dreamy delicate afterthoughts, these songs are properly constructed snippets of pure energy and solid pop. Lotto Pop Ice is probably one of Gabe’s more memorable short outbursts of straight up shoegaze pop. The beginning is a definite rolling with the punches that just flows out without any form that brings to mind a definite structure. But it’s still a pop song, catchy. It’s almost very malign how good this song is. To be so dreamy and full of substance, to be so caught in a wave of some sort and ultimately very poppy. It’s not two extremes meeting at the center, it’s just a wonderful blend of sounds and structure by someone who has obviously learned to write this way. The B-side is a full on rage of guitar and drum machine. Just plowing through two pop songs, one more of a rocking jam that has a quick time frame. My New Angle is really damn fun. It’s a middle song in the whole tape, it’s not going to take any names or change the rules, but it’s there and it’s a good passage of time. I mean, it’s not long. It’s kind of short, maybe too short. Kevin Kostner is a definite closer. It’s got a really warm ending zeal to it. Gabe worked out the most wonderful guitar tone and let it glide throughout the song. I’m unsure of why it’s so short though! I wish it was a little longer. Although I suppose if it was longer I wouldn’t like it as much. One of the more aggravating aspects of cassingles is the fact that when they’re good they leave you wanting more. It’s fine though, because this wanting of more short bursts creates an urge to discover more. On this little guy, Vehicle Blues produces such irregular and catchy pop songs for constant play. Flipping the tape may get annoying, but the songs are so solid that they warrant the effort to such an extreme that you can probably listen to this 8 or so minutes over and over and make an hour or two out of it. Gabe is such a consistently strong song writer. I’m sure years of bedroom practicing helps in constructing solid dreamy pop songs, and being influenced by the right stuff (whatever that is) is a complete plus as well. I’m also sure being involved in the DIY thing brings enough inspiration to want to participate and contribute so as to not leave anything lacking.