LA LUZ WILL SAVE THE WORLD

The 4^th release by surf-noir mavens La Luz positions them as an unstoppable force.  Are they capable of writing a bad song?  Not so far.  The best part of FLOATING FEATURES, I gotta say, is the production.  It’s still very basic, but they keep moving further and further away from the lo-fi aesthetic of DAMP FACE, and that’s a good thing.  This is a band that needs the finer details to stand out for their music to be fully appreciated.  The heavily reverbed spooky surf guitar, the girl-group vocal harmonies (and Shana Cleveland’s slightly ethereal and disembodied lead vocals) , the garage-rock keyboards – everything that makes La Luz so unique and excellent is on FLOATING FEATURES, and in widescreen technicolor.