Good Music: The Chain Gang of 1974

“Stop!” by The Chain Gang of 1974 is a really good, verging on great, dose of jangling guitars and electronic beats – right up to the two minute and 30 second mark, where it breaks into truly great as another minute and a half of surging syth waves and a sublime female vocal sample roll in like good news.

Here’s a link to check out “Stop!” from TCGO’74’s forthcoming debut, “White Guts,” to be released April 27 on Golden Gold Records.

The band’s name conjures an image of several members, but there’s only one guy toiling here, Kamtin Mohager, whose efforts pretty much define what has come to be known as the chillwave or glo-fi movement – a mix of indie rock with processed sounds, all composed by one dude in what was more than likely a personal studio of some sort. Think bands like Washed Out, E and E, Blank Dogs and Wolf Gang, all of which preoccupy these pages lately. Mohager brings plenty of his own individual style, however, which is an indicative feature of what is becoming the genre du jour. Without a doubt we’ll be hearing a lot more about TCGO’74 soon.

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