The Joy of Sects by Chemtrails

Indie rock has a way of holding up a mirror to the absurdity that we choose to ignore in our everyday lives, providing a catchy, quippy soundtrack to our strange priorities. The Joy of Sects by Chemtrails fires a barrage of whimsical color into this formula, using a uniquely progressive and psychedelic take on garage rock to package their infectious hooks that will lodge themselves in your brain for days on end. A heavily punctuated sound with bouncy guitars and percussive lyrics turn every phrase into a foot-tapper, lending the record movement and energy that solidly divide this album from the stuffier and more self-serious side of progressive rock. However, this band’s unapologetic willingness to step into any musical territory to transcribe their enigmatic energy places them within the tradition of rock experimentalists, an impressive distinction for an artist that still manages to consistently create accessible and genuinely joyful music. Rarely does such an individual, strange, eclectic artistic world feel like home so easily, proving Chemtrails’ incredible songwriting skills and irreplaceable role in the indie scene.