{"id":117147,"date":"2024-03-20T17:10:48","date_gmt":"2024-03-20T21:10:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/panm360.com\/?post_type=records&#038;p=117147"},"modified":"2024-03-20T17:13:35","modified_gmt":"2024-03-20T21:13:35","slug":"pregoblin-pregoblin-ii","status":"publish","type":"records","link":"https:\/\/panm360.com\/en\/records\/pregoblin-pregoblin-ii\/","title":{"rendered":"PREGOBLIN &#8211; PREGOBLIN II"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">During the spring of 2024, we are experiencing a new era in music\u2014that is the second reincarnation of PREGOBLIN, the creative musical project of Alex Sebley, a weirdo post-punk\/everything pop-rock project, coming out on Strap Originals\u2014the&nbsp;label of&nbsp;The&nbsp;Libertines&#8217; Peter Doherty. Doherty even features on the track &#8220;These Hands aka Danny Knife.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe style=\"border-radius:12px\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/4aPPskIHQ0tBOSIAqF45YX?utm_source=generator\" width=\"100%\" height=\"152\" frameBorder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">So what is it about PREGOBLIN that appealed to the co-frontman of The Libertines? It has to be the musical variety, that shoots out genres like a sonic shotgun between songs, and tragi-comedian lyricism from Sebley. He&#8217;s a guy who has been spit out by bands (not to mention The&nbsp;Saudis,&nbsp;the&nbsp;chaotic pre-Fat White Family ensemble) and the music industry, multiple times, so his lyrics come off almost satirical; crafted by a lifetime of exploitation, misfortune, rejection, heartbreak, and of course grief. You can&#8217;t forget grief\u2014the true currency of an artist. Due to Sebley&#8217;s artistic life\u2014which followed the excessive sex, drugs, and rock n&#8217; roll lifestyle for some time, and then a stint as VICE&#8217;s (RIP) go-to international photographer, he sings from experience, the kind that has to lived and earned. So none of his critiques of modern society come off as cheap or pretentious.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><br>Just listen to &#8220;Everybody&#8217;s I&#8217;ll (At The Moment) Pt. 1,&#8221; probably about COVID-19, without a sensible chuckle before it jumps into its disco fever dream. It&#8217;s lunacy, but the best kind. &#8220;Nobody Likes Me&#8221; is also fantastic, almost feeling like a disco synth epic ala Jane Birkin w\/ Serge Gainsbourg, as Jessica Winter (who used to be a full member of PREGOBLIN) takes lead vocals with Sebley crooning in the background.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><br>This album is the phoenix moment of Alex Sebley, a guy who clearly hates to be pigeonholed with his sound, which is why &#8220;Big Hitters&#8221; has undeniable pop appeal but the outro on &#8220;Roma&#8221; is a darkened and droney labyrinth. Then we have a moody country ode with &#8220;Alpha Business,&#8221; right down to the finger-plucked cowboy chords and lap steel slide\u2014just gorgeous. Sebley could be called a songwriter&#8217;s songwriter, but any of the <em>PREGOBLIN II<\/em> tracks can be enjoyed by part-time music fans just looking for a journey. 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With an easy-to-latch, melodic jumpy rock guitar and backup vocals from Doherty, this track is one you can&#8217;t shake from your mind. The lyrics are funny and a bit heartwarming following the story of any would-be rock star or someone taking over their parent&#8217;s garage for their first band. It&#8217;s eerily nostalgic for anyone who has tried to play music live. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><br>The only song that felt a bit out of place on this whole album was &#8220;Make Luv (I Like To Party)&#8221; which might be an homage or joke about modern pop music, with a guitar riff that reminds you of Daft Punk&#8217;s &#8220;Get Lucky&#8221; and some autotune that feels a bit forced. But other than that, this album is pure DIY experimental Indie pop-rock fire. As a music journalist, I listen to hundreds of albums over months and it takes a lot for one to truly stick with me, one that I want to revisit. 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