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<p>After years of playing together <a href="https://www.facebook.com/weareaan" target="_blank">Aan</a> have released their debut full-length album, <em>Amor Ad Nauseum</em>, and it was well worth the wait. The opening track, “Wet and Dripping”, fades in with an ambient build that lulls the listener into a sense of emotional security that is then shattered by sharp vocal shouts, swirling rhythms and lush guitar tones that seem to twist around their lucid foundation. Somehow in the first four minutes of the album Aan is able to give the listener a taste of what this entire collection is about. It’s dynamic, detailed and transforms a pop structure into something harder to define, but incredibly addicting.</p>
<p> The album continues through the steady and psych-tinged “Spiritual Provisions” into its deceptively contagious single, “I Don’t Need Love”. The effervescent guitar, synth and rhythmic variations contained within are juxtaposed against a steady, fuzzed-out bass line that keeps the song grounded by its continuous groove. “Wake Me with a Kiss” is another highlight, it’s emotional lyrics are the kind that can make you reflect on the definition of love long after the final words are shouted at its conclusion. The final track, “Weirdo” seems to breath as it’s rhythmic foundation is expanded upon until it fades out through an ambient drone. Aan have taken the time to craft a debut that feels fully-developed and complete, and the result of their work is one of the most dynamic albums to come out of Portland in recent memory. - <em>Benjamin Toledo </em> </p>
