Sprite – Too Far
Spriite releases June 12th.
Repeat Offender – People Like You
Weapon Fetish releases June 26th via Convulse Records.
Caustic – Phone Baby
Caustic releases July 1st via Slow Death Records.
NightFreak – Duh
Marbled Eye – Forever
Allow me to be blunt here, the opening track on this new EP, while not terrible by any means, ain't among the brightest things the Oakland group has done so far and strikes me as just a bit below their own standards, carrying some of the unfortunate tells of kinda average, lazy post punk song construction based on a random succession of bog-standard riffs and genre tropes and to make matters worse, the most unimaginative use of polyrhythm appregios in the finale just really rubs me the wrong way in a song whose cluttered parts just won't quite add up in the first place. Thankfully, everything else on their new EP feels a lot more well thought-out and inspired with the remaining five tunes showing all the elegance and intricacy in songwriting and arrangements we've come to appreciate from these veterans in the contemporary post punk field, whose 2024 LP Read The Air still saw them considerably upping their game almost a decade into their work. This new one now seems to strike a bit of a middle ground between that record's careful balance and the immediacy of their earier work and i'm all here for it... i just wish that first tune wasn't so clumsy and utterly skippable.
Album-Stream →The Broom – The Broom
The restless Leipzig scene is at it again with this neat new tape of moderately egg-ish garage punk goodness that fits neatly inside established genre parameters but excells nonetheless by the sheer strength and consistency of its underlying song material as well as a sleazy hard-rockin' edge and a healthy propulsion that reminds me of older shit roughly in the vein of early Kid Chrome or S.B.F.. This shit ain't trying anything new but it strikes all the right nerves with me and the thing is just packed with hits, plain and simple.
Album-Stream →Eye Ball – Curls
Wow, a new Eye Ball EP running over four minutes... that feels totally epic after their previous Of The Northern Americas EP spat three songs at us in just under a minute. Anyway, these four tunes have all the unpredictable, chaotic brilliance you've come to love about this group, combining an unwavering knack for catchy, melodic tunes with a fuzzed-out lo-fi sound that just seems tailor-made for their brief fuzz pop song explosions.
Album-Stream →Alien Nosejob – Live Like The Crowd
How A Mosquito Operates releases June 26th via Anti Fade Records & Iron Lung Records.
Smirk – Dog Years
Speculative Fiction releases July 3rd.
The Carp – I Crave The City
Tangled Up With The Two Tailed Rat releases August 14th via Total Punk Records.
