Growing out of bandleader Stephen Wood's work leading the Battles -- and handily avoiding confusion with the other, increasingly more-well-known Battles on Touch and Go -- Giantess' self-titled debut features Wood and companions creating an amiable collection of garagey songs both hyperactive and reflective. Wood's approach is loving but a bit hampered by its formalism -- much of it feels like the '80s indie rock that in itself was a tribute to '60s rock & roll, and while sound an   [ read more ]

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