The Ketamines
You Can’t Serve Two Masters
(Southpaw // Mammoth Cave)
Toronto, ON
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From the lonesome kite of Christopher Laramee:

Eleven songs shot straight to yer heart in the time it takes to make a well done cheese pizza. That’s my real time summation of the newest Ketamines platter. Cleaner guitar tones than in the past, lots of fancy panning, a real classy affair and, above all, a step forward. TUNES, dude! The folks really stepped up the melodies and manicured some freaking grand pop confections this time. “Everybody Gets Down” has some horny Motown bump and snotty Archies snarl. Is that a thing? Well, it is now. The ‘verb has been stripped back, letting the sunshine in. Lots of high points here, and it takes a few listens to horn it all into your noggin. Not cuz it’s a prog-tastic burble-fest – quite the opposite, in fact. Brevity is the order of the day here, in and out, real sneaky-like. A ripped Paul Revere and the Raiders has words with Johnny Ramone lookalikes behind the 7-Eleven (DOUBLE ELEVENS). “Thank Me Forever” ends the whole enterprise with a nice kiss on the lips and some alligator tears raining down a neon street. … Read More »