Slacker Szn is nearly upon us. Consider Pink Mexico’s upcoming show at MOTR Pub its Opening Day.
Since 2013, the Brooklyn trio has faithfully kept the dream of a perfect Indie summer alive, channeling the blown-out tunefulness of early WAVVES, DIIV’s weightless soundscapes and even No Age’s avant-garde scuzz.
Pink Mexico’s latest LP, Dump, finds a solid middle ground between grimy textures and polished songcraft. Pressed by Burger Records and the (unfortunately named) Little Dickman Records, the album is worthy mood music for pizzas and PBRs — crusty guitars melt seamlessly into Garage Pop landscapes like the underside of a grill soaked in dish soap. There’s plenty of distortion in the mix, but Pink Mexico manages it with little abrasion.
Dump also marks Pink Mexico’s first in-studio effort as a proper band. The project was initially founded as the solo vehicle for drummer Robert Preston Collum, whose self-released debut record (pnik mxeico) landed him a spot on Austin-based Fleeting Youth Records.
Since then, he’s recruited fellow Brooklynites Ian Everall and Grady Walker to handle bass and drums, respectively.
It was the trio’s shared slackerdom that brought them together, Everall told BeatRoute last year. “Because we were already best buds,” he said, “and we all dress the same.”
Though often billed as a Garage Rock outfit, Collum’s taken to describing his work as the product of a “Grunge Kenny Loggins,” which works in a weird, free-associative way. While Loggins’ work leans more on garish synth stabs and studio shimmer, both Loggins and Collum seem to exist in an alternate universe in which summer break never ends and the vocal harmonies stretch on for eternity.
The yacht-deck is populated with flannel-clad burnouts and the sunset is Capri Sun pink — kick off your Sunday shoes and lace up your Doc Martens.
Pink Mexico plays a free show at MOTR Pub on Wednesday, April 24. Click here for more details.
