Blog: The Passion of the Weiss

Nick Rallo's slang is editorial at Whale Fight. What is this? It's a hand sewn burlap sack jacket, with a maddeningly bright blue record inside. On the record is the blues punk of Slang Chickens , featuring the members of Wires on Fire . If the recent Avett Brothers I And Love And You record left you a little too soft and cuddly inside, than this Slang Chickens debut album will right you. "Tropics" opens like something from Grizzly Bear's Yellow House , but [...]

• Slang Chickens - Tropics