From start to finish, City Club is solid. It is more polished and groovy than previous releases, and while on first listen this seems to spell doom, by the end you won’t mind.
The Growlers legacy is saved by releasing a phenomenal album that still sound clearly like them.
The Growlers without their beach goth sound!?! For me that always seemed to be what made them so unique, and of course Chinese Fountain was a big step away from their signature sound. A few years ago I would have been mortified at this prospect.
