979 Represent REVIEW

Wisdom Cat , You Got This

Imagine a world where the current garage rock brigade of Lizard Gizzard Wizard and Ty Seagal worshippers decided that perhaps listening to Deer Tick and learning a thing or two from the countrier side of bar carousing might actually be a good thing to do.That seems like an inner conversation the dudes in Wisdom Cat had at one point and decided to adopt for they own personal credo. And it’s a credo that works well for them on their debut album, You Got This. Considering that 2/3 of the band played a particularly driving version of Texas ol’ timey music in Desdimona and the other third played anthemic ‘00s pop-punk in Unicorndog it should come as no surprise that such a racket should come from the three of them together in room. The Unicorndog peaks out in “Friends”, the closest thing to a theme song for Downtown Bryan as has ever been made by a local band. The Desdimona as filtered through a rock and roll band comes in through the jangly “Baby Car”. “Kites” has a surprisingly gentle and navel-gazing stoned afternoon vibe, “Tom Cat” lists all the endearing characteristics of cats that only cat lovers could love. If I have one complaint is that the album probably might could have stood for more tonal variety or perhaps have been a little shorter, but it is the band’s first album and it very much is a “live in the studio” sort of document that accurately portrays where these fellas are coming from. And that’s a fantastic place, where that is  -Kelly Menace, 979represents, The Ex-Optimists