Winged Wheel: “Soft Hands”

Detroit Rock City. It’s a pretty badass nickname, and it’s the base of operations for Winged Wheel. Our highlighted track “Soft Hands” is a wobbly rock number that takes its time heating up. And the song never really explodes into fire, favoring a middle-of-the-road tempo and temperature. Just doing its rock groove build-y thing. Shades of Neu! or Can builds that don’t lead anywhere in particular. Oh yeah, Steve Shelley (Sonic Youth) is on the drumkit, not being asked to do all that much. Off Big Hotel. Via 12XU.
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