Florida – Haunted House 7″

My Rating: 8/10
Genre/ Tags: Psychedelic, Lo-Fi

Hey guys. Remember last week when I posted the write-up of the Japandroids, Love is All, and The G show at the Barbary? Well after doing so, I sent an e-mail over to Matt Beck of SHDWPLY Records to let him know I had some footage of one of SHDWPLY’s bands, The G. Through talking to Matt, he mentioned that he had some singles that he wanted to send my way, so I graciously obliged his offer and sent him my address. Thanks to Matt, we now have some new music to check out! The first 7″ I am going to cover from SHDWPLY is by a band who call themselves “Florida” (not to be confused with the rapper “Flo Rida” as Last.fm does) who come from the highly-populated-by-bands-city of Brooklyn, New York.

The Florida single includes two tracks from the band, and it is their most recent release to come from SHDWPLY. The A-side begins with the eerie track titled “Haunted House”, and the B-side is a track titled “Love Inside of You”. “Haunted House” starts off with a slower, almost demonic intro that is certainly nothing short of creepy. Shortly after we’re met with the howling vocals of lead singer Daniel Rineer. Not long after the vocals came into play did the band Pontiak come to my mind, but just before the 3-minute point of the song they change things up with an extremely heavy guitar solo that is sure to please any listener. Throughout the length of the song you can hear the use of brass instruments, which works wonders for that spooky element of their music, not to mention that ominous chiming sound heard throughout also. You can check out the B-side of the record “Love Inside of You” over on their Myspace, along with a few other tracks from the band that you may or may not have already heard. If you decide you like these songs, you should do yourself a big favor and buy the records, for multiple reasons. If you like the music, that’s one thing, but the best part is the vinyl itself. It’s transparent gold in color, and as far as I know it’s a limited edition release, so it won’t be around forever! Thanks for reading, and be sure to check back for some more soon!

BUY the Haunted House 7″ directly from SHDWPLY Records
FLORIDA on Myspace