FERAL CAROL spiked ‘APPLE PIE!’ with Slacker Cynicism and Hip-Pop Nostalgia

FERAL CAROL nailed slacker hip-pop 90s nostalgia in their seminal single, APPLE PIE!. Hailing from Halifax, Nova Scotia, and working with the kind of self-made scruff that suits them down to the ground, the band recorded, mixed and mastered their debut LP SUPER DUPER! themselves in a camper in Yarmouth, which tells you plenty about their relationship with polish, decorum and doing things the sensible way. Their laidback, lo-fi aesthetic soaks cynicism into the middle ground between Pavement, Beck and Bloodhound Gang, though that effortless sense of indifference is tempered by FERAL CAROL’s fearlessly ironic eccentric instrumentation. Not even the kazoo was out of bounds for the ingredients of APPLE PIE!, and fair play, that lawlessness pays off. The whole LP, which dropped on 4 April, is escapism via absurdism, an affirmation that your grievances with reality are valid, but indulging in sardonic sanctuaries of sound can be the ultimate outlet for your rage. By the usual standings of reckonings, it’s ridiculous, but it’s exactly what times like these call for. APPLE PIE! lands as the perfect gateway into that world, all scuffed-up charm, deadpan bite and brilliantly unserious seriousness. APPLE PIE! is now available on all major streaming platforms, […]

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