The fact that Houston’s Narrow Head have a song called Gearhead on their latest album, Moments of Clarity, is no surprise. Throughout its 12 songs, vocalist-guitarist Jacob Duarte and guitarists Kora Puckett and William Menjivar put on an immersive tone clinic, obliterating a mix of alt-metal grooves and shoegazing melodies with amber washes of fuzz pedal, flanger and more.
Duarte’s tastes, in particular, lay with the workhorses, the guitarist generally linking together a series of Boss pedals instead of something boutique – the kind of stuff you’re not worried about scuffing up, whether playing D.I.Y. dives or festival stages.
