Search

VINYL FORMAT. Comes with a digital download code! Herzog's Search fits well within the "slacker rock" genre readily applied to such classic artists such as Pavement and others of the 1990's ilk. However, this classification is a misnomer, in that it implies a band with a cynical eye and an ear for melody is somehow not trying. In fact, the ability to make complex music and sentiments appear "tossed off" is an art unto itself, and not as easy as it looks. This is not slacker rock. This is rock. An album in the classic sense of the word – best experienced from start to finish, beautiful in its simplicity and execution. Think Science Fair-era Apples in Stereo, On Avery Island Neutral Milk Hotel, but don't think this is a redundant recycling of decades old sounds. As a band, Herzog has a firm grasp on the entirety of the American songbook, and they seamlessly incorporate elements from power pop, country, punk, and folk. Honest and intelligent lyrics about rust belt living, the unyielding march of age, and contentment and confusion about what that all really means are packaged perfectly together here with soaring melodies, raised fist choruses, intricate multi-instrumental layering, well placed samples and some wildly noisy breakdowns. While Search was originally created and performed primarily by Nick Tolar, Herzog is now very much a band.