The Embrooks

A British act powerfully infatuated with sounds of the '60s, the Embrooks play rock & roll steeped in garage rock, psychedelia, R&B, and especially freakbeat. The result is strong, hard-edged yet melodic music with a trippy undertow in the guitars, but also a solid dose of fuzz and a rhythm section that's straightforward and propulsive. Their second album, 2000's Our New Day, captured the band in full flight, and after a long layoff, they came back as potent as ever with 2018's We Who Are. The Embrooks were formed in London in 1996 after the breakup of the short-lived garage ...