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Q Magazine
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December 2001
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New
Album Reviews
Q184
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their name from John Lennon’s character in the 1966 Dick Lester movie
How I Won the War, the Grip Weeds are steeped in both the Beatles
and Byrds. As well as alternating between tough, sexy Ticket
to Ride guitar lines and slow-mo tidal waves of 12-string jangle-and-chime,
they recreate vocal harmonies from both bands. It’s all done with
warmth and freshness, though, even if founding brothers Kurt and Rick
Reil have been at it for 13 years now (this is their third LP). The
sumptuous guitar sounds, crafted by Rick Reil and Kristin Pinell,
are the grip Weeds’ glory. But continued cultish obscurity is guaranteed
by their lack of a Neil Finn or Noel Gallagher to provide songs of
similarly resurrective quality.
Phil Sutcliffe ***
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