by Meg Ruddick

Download "Flying Tigers" by Son of Rams (Right-click or control-click to save to your computer)

I find that it's often the plainest packaging that yields the most surprising and enjoyable music for Second Stage. Son of Rams arrived in a simple, white paper sleeve, with a link to a fairly cryptic MySpace page. This Brooklyn-based band is (from what I could gather) actually just one man: Joseph Pruitt. His heavily vintage sound is drenched with distortion and has a distinctly sixties, garage and psychedelic vibe. Fuzzy, layered vocals sit on top of biting guitar riffs and melodic bass lines. I really love Pruitt's intricate but brawny guitar work. The layers of intertwining riffs create a huge wall of sound, and whenever I listen closer, I hear a new part emerge from the background.

Son Of Rams' entire self-titled album is available for streaming on its MySpace page.

This song is "Flying Tigers."

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