Science Man - Poach The Mind's Eye
Nines Mecca releases March 18th via Swimming Faith & Feral Kid Records.
Human Issue - Reflections
Faceless. Nameless. releases February 28th via Rad Girlfriend Records.
Dead Years - Breath of Clarity
Dead Years releases February 15th via Dirt Cult Records.
The Mary Veils - Bone Blossom Green
Esoteric Hex releases March 25th via PNKSLM Recordings.
Nuts - Living In A Vulgar Vision
Almost two years after an awesome demo tape, this dude from Cologne has finally unleashed upon us his full length debut and damn, is that another irresistible super-sized bucket of pure garage- and ***punk bliss roughly in the neighborhood of usual suspects like Set-Top Box, Metdog, Prison Affair, Erik Nervous or Dee Bee Rich, among many others.
Album-Stream →Final Fukker - Final Fukker
An early contender for the loudest record of 2022, this burst of maximally abrasive noise - recorded sometime in 2016 and now finally released via Runstate Tapes - truly has what it takes to startle the dead and sounds like it crawled out of a disgusting brown puddle of pure despair, its hardcore punk foundation buried deep under thick layers of white noise and feedback… but listen closely and you might also find many unexpected flashes of melody embedded deep in there.
Album-Stream →And also there were…
… two great releases by Zhoop and Glands, which - as happens quite often - fellow blog Manierenversagen beat me to the punch posting. Damn you, Manierenversagen!
Nah, just kidding, this saves me some work. So may i suggest you just visit Arne's own little media empire (always a good idea anyway, if you ask me) to listen to the good shit?
Self Improvement - Visible Damage
The debut LP of this Long Beach group, inconspicuous at first glance, evolves into a real treat for friends of smart, minimalist post punk at a closer listen. Lithics are the first comparison that springs to mind as well as post punk weirdos Patti and Minneapolis garage punk geniuses Uranium Club, while lead vocalist Jett Witchalls conjures up some serious Kim Gordon vibes here, whose 1980s output with Sonic Youth might've also served as an inspiration on downbeat tracks like Shapes, as well as some bits and pieces of 70s/80s The Fall.
Album-Stream →Print Head - In Motion
Another Print Head release means another perfect storm of weird-ass excentric, chaotic but often unexpectedly melodious garage- and post punk shit, this time around coming across like an odd mixture of contemporary groups of the vaguely egg-related variety with the sluggish grooves of the UV Race and old british Acts like Swell Maps, early Mekons.
Album-Stream →