Album Review: The Guru Guru – Point Fingers

With clear nods to bands like METZ and The Mars Volta, and having worked with producer David Bottrill, whose credits include Tool and Coheed & Cambria, it’s no surprise to discover that this second full-length from Belgian quintet The Guru Guru is a rather bizarre affair. There’s plenty of great riffing on show, notably on opening track Mache and the bounding Ex-Alexander, but it’s blended with an array of off-kilter sounds, effects and melodies that largely prevent any of the 10 songs here from straying into catchy territory. Crafting easy-going earworms, though, isn’t the objective here, with The Guru Guru focussing on songwriting that’s eccentric, genre-defying and, in the case of pared-back number Know No, very engaging to hear. The strangeness of the music might not alwa...

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