The Fizz Fuzz - Deserts, Mountains, Oceans

 The Fizz Fuzz - Deserts, Mountains, Oceans
Slush Fund Recordings / Taxi Driver Records – 2023
Rock, Desert
Rated: ****

The new The Fizz Fuzz album Deserts, Mountains, Oceans will be arriving on March 14th and will surely transport some of you to a time when you were living your best lives. Even though you might feel a bit forlorn or desolate thinking about them... For Deserts, Mountains, Oceans has the ability to transport you to the time when you were in high school or university and has that indie, slacker vide as much as it brings you something sweetly and sweaty that hails from the desert, that sound you fell in love with some decades ago. Which might be logical to some, since The Fizz Fuzz duo consists of the married couple Dawn and Dandy Brown. And for those of you who followed the HiVe for a while, might know that one of my absolute favorite records is one made by Mr. Brown. It was his Orquesta Del Desierto project, and both those Orquesta albums are simply amazing and are on heavy rotation whenever the sun comes out. Some of that spirit naturally seems to waft over some of the tracks, closing track Billion for example. And one of the more slacker, indie inspired tracks is the one called Mad Jimmy. And all eight of the tracks on the album have this honesty and love about them. The first The Fizz Fuzz album Palmyra was released in 2020 and was aided by many of his artist friends, this time around we can still hear Steve Earle from the Afghan Whigs on drums. And since the Brown duo has a sweet spot for Italy and spend quite some time there, even recorded some of the album, they implored the help of ISAAK bassist Gabriele Carta. Oh and HEY, that Italian ISAAK, are about to release a damn good album called HEY on March 31st through Heavy Psych Sounds. But we shall get to that some other day, cause we’re here for Deserts, Mountains, Oceans and Carta and Earle giving the compositions its foundations… With guest spots here and there by Mike Reeder, Keith Murphy, and Mark Engel. But otherwise, it’s Dandy and Dawn, Dawn and Dandy. Complementing each other and giving each other the space and light to shine. There are solo tracks, backup vocals and an honest to god lovely duet called Disbelief. Soon they will head over to the UK for a few live dates, but otherwise Dandy Brown’s agenda is a difficult one, since there’s something Hermano coming up soon as well… As I’m sure you’re all aware of… Does this mean The Fizz Fuzz’s new album Deserts, Mountains, Oceans will get all the attention it deserves? Let’s hope so, for the two not only seem to have found each other, they also seem to have found the perfect way to deal with a lot of personal and shared history and translate it all into something universal. If this is The Fizz Fuzz and the way they will sound going forward, we cannot wait to hear more...

(Written by JK)

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