Brooklyn’s via Omaha quartet Navy Gang is one of the best acts from the crop of NYC bands infatuated with the alt-pop sound of the ’90s, when bands like Dinosaur Jr. and Pavement were developing a musical vocabulary that shared Nirvana’s power trio sound, but replaced the tortured angst with a more thoughtful and fatalistic attitude – which earned them the "slacker rock" label. The 14 songs in their newly released debut album "Poach" are a reinterpretation of that sound that’s definitely worthy more than one listen, in particular when the band follows more personal sonic and songwriting paths, linke in single "Awkward Exchange" (streaming), featuring a wall of sound of pitch shifted distorted guitar and 8-bit synths. Navy Gang will be celebrating the release of Poach tonight (08.22) at Baby’s All Right.
