Indian handcrafts - Civil Disobedience for Losers

INDIAN HANDCRAFTS - Civil Disobedience for Losers
2012
Sargent House

On October 30, 2012, you may have been preparing for trick or tricking, but there is something you might definitely not have been prepared for, and that is Civil Disobedience for Losers, the second full length from a band you probably never heard of, called Indian Handcrafts.

With a space truck as a façade, and a tongue-in-cheek name, you probably already know you are embarking on a very colorful trip. This is stoner rock at its best. Two guys; drum, vocals, guitars and a pedal rack, rocking the boat like hell. They are as prog-rock inspired as Queen of the Stone Age, as furious as The Melvins, and as dirty as Monster Truck. All that, and more: at some point, one can feel a reference to Soundgarden, Rage Against the Machine, and other guitar-oriented bands. Indian Handcrafts has this ability to use all of these influences and bring them into something fresh, something new.

There is an excellent variety of subgenres on Civil Disobedience, all equally crafted. We find cocaine rock songs such as opener Bruce Lee, Starcraft, or Worm in My Stomach; and a batch of stoner songs like Zombies, Coming Home or Centauri Teenage Riot; the punkish Terminal Horse; and the heavier The Jerk and Truck Mouth. Despite its many directions, this box of Smarties never feel disoriented, for the grooves are addictive all way through.

As I write these lines, Indian Handcrafts is touring with Red Fang and Black Tusk. With such an excellent line up, there are no reasons not to go see them delivering the goods live.

This very unexpected album from the Barrie, Ontario, duo will end up on a lot of people's year end top ten list, including mine. Highly recommended.

(... And yes, it's also on vinyl.)

http://indianhandcrafts.bandcamp.com/
http://sargenthouse.com/