Joshua Hoey is perhaps the only constant in Olympia, WA band Special Moves. He describes the project as an “open-source rock band,” overseeing changes in the lineup and instrumentation between recordings and live shows. On their latest release, January, Special Moves present fuzzed-out early 90s indie rock that will appeal to fans of Guided By Voices and Superchunk.
January opens with ‘intro’, an 80-second lo-fi instrumental that builds from a careful beginning into a searing guitar and gentle handclaps, before ‘You Know What the Last Song is Going to Be’ introduces Hoey’s vocals behind searing guitar and slapped drums. Final track ‘Half and Half’ is the most substantial, a indie rock song that rounds off the release in gloriously DIY style, a rousing end to a great little collection.
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You can get January now on cassette or digital download via the Reflective Tapes Bandcamp page. It’s actually the first release in a Special Moves monthly “cassingle” series, and has already been followed with February, a live recording of three more DIY rock songs.