Bad Secrets
Bad Secrets
Robotic Empire (2009)
Considering the make up of this musical project, my interest is rather high with several questions bubbling to the surface, mainly concerning what Bad Secrets sounds like. In any event, being made up of Evan Patterson (Young Widows, Breather Resist, Black Cross, and The National Acrobat) and Dan Davis (of Kodan Armada) will certainly turn some heads when Bad Secrets comes up in conversation. In reality, this debut (maybe a one-off record) is really a kind of weird mix of lo-fi garage rock, Young Widows sounding guitars, layered guitar atmospherics that create an almost shoegaze type sound, some Ennio Morricone experiments with the guitar, and dry vocals. My first and immediate reaction to this record from Bad Secrets is shock and equal measure unimpressed due to its extremely lo-fi nature. But thankfully first impressions are not always lasting, as subsequent record spins show that there is much more to this record than a static sounding recording quality and schizophrenic nature of the music. Bad Secrets is a blink and you miss it type of record, so that works for the duo in two ways: for one its short and sweet nature does not give the recording enough time to grate … Read more
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