Drenched in a shroud of ramshackle beauty and DIY ethos, noise/garage-pop trio Gun Outfit is very much a product of its native Olympia, WA. While the band’s older material recalls a more focused and updated take on Beat Happening, with male/female vocal play delivered charmingly over dirty, unpolished (read: unpracticed) pop gems, new songs like “Flyin’ Low, Maria” and “Lau Blues” offer a darker sentiment, with streaks of Sonic Youth-style distortion and Electrelane’s sustained coolness. Think Hüsker Dü or Dinosaur Jr if K Records overthrew SST’s reign of the ’80s noise and hardcore scenes. Now touring in support of their Hard Coming Down LP, recently released via No Age drummer/vocalist Dean Spunt’s PPM imprint, the band plays Farm 255 on Wednesday.
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