Silicon Heartbeat - Galaxy Invaders
Silicon Heartbeat 7" releases November 23rd via It's Trash Records.
Brute Spring - Into Ribbons
The Perilous Transformations of Kid Spit releases November 12th.
Ouzo - Balloons
State Of Affairs / Balloons releases December 10th via Polaks Records & Weather Vane Records.
Sweet Knives - House
Spritzerita releases January 14th via FDH Records.
Metdog - Bins At Barkley Square
Certified Lover Dog releases November 13th via Critter Records.
Dr. Sure's Unusual Practice - How Can Anybody Be Sober These Days?
Remember The Future? Vol. 2 & 1 releases November 5th via Erste Theke Tonträger & Marthouse Records.
Cotton Crown - Wretched Lie
Power pop aficinados might already be familiar with Owen Williams as the singer of The Tubs, who stood out earlier this year with their excellent Names 7". Cotton Crown is the name of his solo recording project whose debut cassingle inhabits much of the same awesomeness but enriches its two oldschool pop tunes with more of a goth and new wave aesthetic adding just the right amount of low-level cheesyness to elevate, rather than water down the material.
Jackson Reid Briggs - Fear/Move
I gotta admit i had some trouble warming up to the last few Jackson Reid Briggs releases, whose production seemed just a bit too-much-of-everything for my taste. On this newest EP however, recorded during a breather between Australia's covid lockdowns with a line-up which, i assume, is different from his usual "Heaters", is just bursting with fresh energy channeled into four of his strongest jams, presented in a much slimmed down, unexpectedly playful fashion.
Album-Stream →Tunic - Quitter
Another Tunic record, another veritable kick in the teeth. After their recent compilation LP Exhaling, collecting their previous singles & EPs, their second "real" album pretty much continues where they left off with those, while only very cautiously expanding their sonic vocabulary. At times this can feel a bit repetitive to the point where you catch yourself wondering: "Haven't i already heard that song just a minute ago?" That's a minor nitpick though. As long as these dudes continue to wield their noisemaking powertools with such determination and raw, overwhelming force, that's more than enough for me.
Album-Stream →Shove - Shove
This melbourne group's debut EP delivers five versatile high-energy blows, shapeshifting their way somewhere around the fringes of the extended hard-/post-/noisecore multiverse, their relentless yet sophisticated attack calling to mind the likes of Dollhouse, Cement Shoes or Vexx.
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