Safety Net – Be With You
Art releases November 12th.
Disli – Disciplina Limitar
Garage punk from Spain that hits all the right spots dead-on and conveys exactly that kind of explosive momentum of a band hungry to play - the kind of vibe that's been a bit scarce recently, owing to obvious circumstances. To me, their sound calls to mind bits and pieces of Dadar, Sauna Youth, Ex-Cult, Constant Mongrel, Jackson Reid Briggs or Pedigree while also revealing a strong post punk vibe at times, kinda like Berlin groups such as Pigeon, Diät, Pretty Hurts crossbred with the melancholic moods of Red Dons, Telecult or Nightwatchers.
Album-Stream →Print Head – Boringboring / IDKWTFimdoing
Yay! New shit by that person or group who might or might not be based in Hicksville, NY and whose 2020 garage-/post-/eggpunk borderline-masterpiece Happyhappy made me exactly that. So now we get a new short playing Hi-Fi experience as well as some other, slightly less short and ever-so-slightly less Hi-Fi thing. Boring this certainly ain't and as for that other thing… i think i have some basic idea what they don't think they know the fuck they're doing and they're doing it just fine and it's fucking glorious and i love every fucking second of it!
Album-Stream →Silicone Values – Streaming TV / Nothing Wrong With Me
Yet another EP by Bristol's leading powerpop/postpunk manufacture holds yet another pair of irresistibly melancholic earworms. Does it still make sense to namedrop Television Personalities here or might this shit already qualify as downright, dare i say it… beatlesque?
Refedex – The Top Of Off
The debut EP by Brisbane's Refedex is a heavy steamroller of dark noise rock, sludge and post punk that's often rather slow and atmospheric without ever getting tedious or losing its irresistible groove. Although their overall vibe sounds ultra-classic to me, i'm having trouble pinpointing exactly where i've heard this kind of thing before as their sound kinda transcends the usual genre boundaries, among other things incorporating the kind of dark americana blues & country vibes you might expect from an 80's Scientists record or more recently from US post punk group Bambara, while on the more classic noise rock side of things, you might draw comparisons to contemporary Bands like Alpha Strategy, Luggage, Heads or Tropical Trash. You might also find a bit of Cows, U-men or Scratch Acid in there, each of them spun on half-speed. Whatever you wanna call it, this is first rate shit!
Album-Stream →The Monsters – Frömd vo Mir / I’m A Stranger To Me
Du Hesch Cläss, Ig Bi Träsch releases February 1st via Slovenly Recordings.
Your're Class I'm Trash releases November 12th via Slovenly Recordings.
I'm A Stranger To Me 7" is already available via Epitaph... Nah, just kidding. It's on Slovenly Recordings.
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.
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