Audio By Carbonatix
The self-titled debut from Fort Lauderdale’s FiveSixSixFive bleeds lo-fi ennui and plenty of couch-potato, casual-Friday aloofness. Half of its 12 tracks sound like quickly tossed-off experiments or attempts to test out new synths, samplers, and drum machines; but the quirky pop songs that constitute the remainder make it among the best local releases this year. Marrying hip-hop beats to pinprick guitars and introspective lyrics, Jimmy Allen and Seth Brody create simple, powerful songs like the single “Freeform,” which sports a wholesome, innate catchiness worthy of indie-radio rotation. FiveSixSixFive traffics in glockenspiels, marimbas, and timpani and occasionally fall victim to “what’s this button do?” waywardness, but the band creates more than enough memorable moments to make this show worth witnessing.
