Way back when, before The White Stripes and the collapse of the monolithic recording industry, “two-man band” was a scarcely seen term that usually just meant another Savage Garden LP.
Little over a decade later, the two-piece has become such an institution of the rock and roll landscape that naming every couple of friends that has the sonic power and profile to make roomful after roomful of audiophiles shake their skinny-jean’d butts off is a task too large for one simple sitting.
Surfing in on this wave yet again is No Age providing another session of skin beating and howling reverb on their new Losing Feeling EP. On this all too brief record, the LA duo makes a joyful noise far larger than their limited numbers, layering airy guitars over frenetic drums on the title track and “You’re A Target,” and floating into ambiance on “Genie” and “Aim At The Airport.”
Structurally, No Age is indebted too the hardcore heroes of the 1980s, but they distinguish themselves with their taste for huge spaces.
Along with echo-wet surf hipsters like Crystal Stilts and Vivian Girls, No Age have tastefully flailing intensity with outer-space calm, and the Losing Feeling EP is no exception.
