PACKS - Melt The Honey (Compact Disc)

PACKS - Melt The Honey (Compact Disc)For PACKS, making a record isnt a means to an end; the making of the record is a communal experience, bottled up for the public to hear. On third album Melt the Honey PACKS explores a state of contentment, even bliss, long elided. The self produced record honors the unpretentious disaffection of the grunge movement and the inventive arrangements of Guided By Voices, whose prolific output has inspired PACKS since their inception. To make Melt the

explaining: “In the beginning

precise and filled with melodic entanglement

propelled by this freedom and resulting in Why Bonnie's most catchy

using synths to create shadows where bricks of guitars once would’ve blocked out the sun

AllMusic called the results "intoxicating" and Paste noted that "their talents and character go together so well

What binds Upchuck together is a purity of intention

Into the Burning Blue is an adventurous

The album's mix of clanking beats

but they infiltrate any comparison to shoegaze with overtures to disco

which features a more accurate depiction of how the band sounded when they played live

an enveloping listen of skyhigh hooks and keyboards that soar with joyful abandon

to celebrate their newly announced partnership with Backwoodz Studioz