TRACK REVIEWS: King Gizzard, Y2K & bbno$, The Voidz

 Here are some of the single releases from last week that I decided not put in seperate reviews because I'm too lazy to write so much about a single song.

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard- If Not Now, Then When?

I'm getting a little worried about the future of King Gizzard. Their recent album was decent but there were moments that make me wonder if the group is starting to run out of steam. This new single didn't help to shake off those worries. The only quality that makes this song stand out from most other KG tracks is the weird, high-pitched vocal which isn't exactly flattering. The track ends very abruptly, it's probably just a fragment of a longer composition. I just don't know why the band released as a single a piece of music that feels more like a transitional moment between some other more interesting cuts.

RATING: 5/10

Y2K, bbno$- Wawawa

I can't say I enjoy Wawawa as much as Lalala. It doesn't mean it's not entertaining, it just had some big shoes to fill. Bbno$'s performance is very solid, the beat is fun as well, it’s like an instrumental taken out of the latest Carly Rae Jepsen album. The biggest fault of the track is that it doesn't really goes anywhere, the beat stays the same and there's not really a major difference between the verses and the refrain. It's a 2 minute cut so it's not that big of an issue but the last time those two collaborated they managed to do much more in that period of time.

RATING: 7/10

The Voidz- Alien Crime Lord

I guess releasing a stellar Strokes album this year wasn't enough, Casablancas also found time to drop a song with The Voidz as well. I'm still not sure how to feel about it though, it's quite a rollercoaster.  It has a strong groove throughout, I enjoy a lot of the vocal melodies at the beginning of the track but around the midway point the song just drowns in all the layers of the distortion that are being thrown on top of each other. At the last minute everything starts too sound clean again and we get a pretty exciting guitar outro.

RATING: 6.5/10