{"id":27727,"date":"2026-01-23T09:00:02","date_gmt":"2026-01-23T17:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/?p=27727"},"modified":"2026-01-15T11:02:04","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T19:02:04","slug":"new-music-revue-gavial-get-weird-on-new-album","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/2026\/01\/23\/new-music-revue-gavial-get-weird-on-new-album\/","title":{"rendered":"New Music Revue<\/em>: Gavial get weird on new album"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Gavial
\nThanks, I Hate It
\n<\/i><\/i>(Exile on Mainstream)
\n4\/5<\/p>\n

I\u2019m a sucker for bass-driven rock \u2018n\u2019 roll. I also really love a plodding rhythm that feels like a war machine slowly picking up speed. Because of these reasons and more, which I will get into momentarily, I quite enjoy this little peach of a record.<\/p>\n

Hailing from Germany\u2014more specifically, from that magical triangle of weird art for weird art\u2019s sake that is Dresden, Berlin, and Leipzig\u2014Gavial are right at the cutting edge of weirdo rock, which for me can be pretty hit or miss. These guys know what works, though, which comes as no surprise considering they\u2019ve been around for nearly 20 years. They formed as Tourette Boys in 2008 and rechristened themselves under the moniker Gavial in 2021 following a lineup shuffle, which brought with it the addition of that bass sound I like so much.<\/p>\n

The album opens with \u201cControl,\u201d which immediately shows off bassist Paul Kollaschek\u2019s impressive chops. This low, pensive bass line is pitted against the Robert Plant-esque, pleasantly nasal, straining voice of the hilariously named Benjamin Butter, the band\u2019s lyricist, guitarist, and driving force. The song crescendos into a buzzing, harsh, cacophonic cymbal smash of distortion and noise that I really jive with because it\u2019s like angry bees are trapped in my head and I love it, or something. IYKYK. After this assault, it drops back down, pares itself down, and exits through the entrance, a low, pensive bass line. Chef\u2019s kiss.<\/p>\n

The album carries on in this fashion, at times getting a bit repetitive. After the first few songs, as much as I dig it (remember what I said about the angry bees?) my mind starts to wander. I could very easily envision myself putting this on in the car with the intention of driving to the gas station down at the corner, and suddenly realizing I has halfway to Nanaimo.<\/p>\n

Thanks, I Hate It<\/i> packs it in with a cover of Chris Isaak\u2019s timeless classic \u201cWicked Game,\u201d because why not.<\/p>\n

Overall, despite the repetition, I\u2019ll be listening to this weird little record again.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Gavial Thanks, I Hate It (Exile on Mainstream) 4\/5 I\u2019m a sucker for bass-driven rock \u2018n\u2019 roll. I also really love a plodding rhythm that feels like a war machine slowly picking up speed. Because of these reasons and more, which I will get into momentarily, I quite enjoy this little peach of a record. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":27728,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,345],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27727","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arts","category-january-21-2026"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27727","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27727"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27727\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27729,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27727\/revisions\/27729"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27728"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27727"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27727"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27727"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}