Tyvek - Duck Blinds / Pamphlet 7" (2009)

The mindbending sound of the majority of late 70s/early 80s 'DIY' bands is really enigmatic when you try to grasp it as a whole, but there are still a few present-day wandering souls who easily slide into the free-design 'bag' and manage to come out with something original. You didn't think the impact of bands like the Clone Defects and the Piranhas was just going to go away now did you? The real deviant sounds always travel best underground, as it's always been. Michigan home-wrap mongrels Tyvek aren't looking to smash your face in, and they really aren't even in the mood to party, but they still have something that you're missing from your outrageous lifestyle: delirious consistency. There's a familiar Rather Records collective sound, but it's clearly off on it's own trip altogether and the two songs successfully leave you wanting more. Oddly effective overlapping vocals, well-placed minor chording, and a knack for blank spaces of sound between their festering hooks is obviously to their benefit, and their handmade-looking debut 7" on X! Records probably won't convey what ingenuity lies within. As a matter of fact, it might even turn some people away, which is why we think it deserves your your attention, and of course, your filthy money. Out of the same breeding ground as X!'s brethren the Frustrations, Terrible Twos, and Heros and Villains, the guys in Tyvek are certainly rocking all the right boats in hopes of knocking everyone back to their sordid reality. This is just more evidence that the new order in Detroit is thriving on their own weird vibes and good times