Invitation is the debut album by Filthy Friends, the new supergroup from Corin Tucker (Sleater-Kinney), Peter Buck (R.E.M.), Kurt Bloch (The Fastbacks), Scott McCaughey (Young Fresh Fellows, The Minus 5) and Bill Rieflin (King Crimson). The 12-song collection works through a flurry of different moods and styles, genre exercises and joyous experiments. The intricate guitar knots and blasts of bubblegum pop of Buck's beloved Television are all over the herky-jerky "Windmill." A mashup of '60s downer vibes and rootsy rumblings makes up the marvelous "Second Life" whereas "Come Back Shelley" is all swagger and glitz in the style of a lost glam rock 45. There ain't nothing this band can't do with the wet clay of rock music and what they sculpt out of it is pure art.

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1        Despierta    4:18
2        Windmill    3:56
3        Faded Afternoon    3:19
4        Any Kind Of Crowd    3:15
5        Second Life    2:38
6        The Arrival    2:19
7        Come Back Shelley    3:59
8        No Forgotten Son    3:13
9        Brother    3:42
10        You And Your King    3:10
11        Makers    2:22
12        Invitation    2:34