Soundtracks: The Boggs, Forts

Nothing is more awesome than seeing local bands make good, especially ones you've been seeing 'round town for awhile now. Here's the deal about the Boggs and their new record, Forts: leader Jason Friedman is like a pied piper leading a revolving cast of musicians into a highly textured, rollicking hot mess of folk, blues, punk and whatever fun sounds are lying around. (This time around, it's peeps from bands like Enon, the Liars and Au Revoir Simone who are joining him.) Words don't mean a thing, really, though -- what matters is how the songs veer and propel you along, and just when you think it's going to fall into total chaos, they swerve into that great old-fashioned feeling they used to call "abandon." Calling the Boggs are more organic Rapture would be cheating, but you get the idea: sometimes danceable, often haphazard and always a damn good time.

Posted by Kat in Soundtracks
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