Fu Manchu - California Crossing

NEW VINYL LP ON CARGO 2017

3 X 180 GRAM VINYL.

Anytime a band tinkers with its core sound, inevitably fans will be won and lost. California Crossing has a strong up side; Fu Manchu's distinctive fuzzy guitar sound has been refined into polished nuggets served fresh from the land of palm trees and endless summers. Its still hard rock, but this is a smoother machine that eases off the gas to feature breezing So-Cal hooks on "Thinkin' Out Loud," "Wiz Kid," "Mongoose," "Squash That Fly," and "Hang On." Wisely conjuring '70s pop sensibilities more closely resembling Cheap Trick than oft-compared Sabbath might realistically break Fu Manchu into radio markets and attract larger audiences without mosh-pits.

Tracklist

Separate Kingdom     3:44
Hang On     3:39
Mongoose     4:10
Thinkin' Out Loud     3:27
California Crossing     3:36
Wiz Kid     3:51
Squash That Fly     2:56
Ampn'     3:35
Bultaco     3:11
Downtown In Dogtown     3:18
The Wasteoid     3:53