Heavy Hometown - Action Figures

Some may say it’s scattered or lacks focus, but if you ask me, Heavy Hometown’s debut release, Action Figures isn’t scattered, it’s diverse, and it definitely doesn’t lack focus, it’s based on a dark, gritty low-fi sound similar to Joy Division, the Velvet Underground or X. It’s a sound that all too many have forgotten or never really knew. What Heavy Hometown does on this disc is pretty cool. They mix modern indie, post punk, '70s punk, lo-fi garage, and even Americana showing their ability to emulate their favorite sounds without giving in to the demands of the “in the box” thinkers who demand focus and carbon copy sonic cohesion. It’s not that Heavy Hometown is the first band to make an album like this (that would be the Velvet Underground), but they are among the few who do it well.