Atlanta-based, alt-rocker Beau Anderson is back with a vengeance with the release of "Fix It," a scathing, fuzz-soaked Alt/rock anthem that strikes just the right balance of grime, groove, and pure emotion. The song's furious sense of purpose sounds like the equivalent of a skateboarding video or one of those Wrestling highlight reels, but buried underneath the jackhammer noise lies the work of a man who obviously spent more than a handful of years behind a guitar.
"Fix It" envelops you in a low and slow guitar tone, driven through a Jack White-indebted Plasma Coil pedal that lends it a trashy, fuzzed-out sound. Anderson describes his own playing as "boneheaded caveman," but the result falls somewhere between the doom-laden weight of Black Sabbath and the hypnotic strut of Queens of the Stone Age. It's an inspired simplicity that feels necessary, like the musical equivalent of a world on the verge of collapse.
Anderson adds a seething anger to the track, and "Fix It" becomes a mouthpiece for the times when whatever we're facing feels unsolvable. The aggression reflected in the song's music video is a nightmare fever dream of a clip featuring Anderson's onetime Seven Year Witch bandmate Aaron Langford. Langford is a manic spokesman for the product "Fix It," while Anderson is a factory worker who assembles green-goo tubes that promise to solve all of life's problems. The video's warped humor and fragmented images pair nicely with the song's push-and-pull intensity.
"Fix It" sort of stakes out its own ground in the indie/alternative/stoner rock galaxy. It's a song of heavy yet groovy, messy yet precise, furious yet somehow catchy, stark contrasts. This track sets the stage for Anderson's debut EP, "Soundtrack of Letting Go," due by October 24, a darkly sexy and gritty ode to feeling stuck in the liminal space after college. If "Fix It" is any indication, the EP is sure to be a getaway and a reflection of the manic, cynical, and unapologetically honest emotions of its listeners. Beau Anderson is serving up a cathartic, fuzz-drenched experience that won't be overlooked.
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