Los Angeles’ Vaguess is the prolific and longstanding solo project of Vinny Earley, a genre melding exploration of lo-fi punk inventiveness that fizzes with an arresting off-kilter energy.

The album boasts a myriad of stylistic interpretations from the jagged post-punk energy of Cease To Grieve and Carryon, to the more meditative reflections of Texas Clouds and Traffic 2, by way of the spikey synth punk of WKND Shadows.  And yet there remains an impressive coherency to the album that is shaped by the well-crafted song writing and unerring ear for an irresistible underlying rhythm.  But, perhaps, the key is Earley’s semi-spoken vocal delivery, which brings a powerfully consistent voice to bear as he sardonically unpicks the inequities and contradictions of modern life.