Pinch Points are now joining the Exploding In Sound roster, eh? Not the most obvious choice i'd say but who cares… as long as they're gonna stay as razor sharp as on their latest 7", once again coming across like a more straightforward Reality Group or a no-bullshit variant of Uranium Club.
Test Systemu releases December 31st via Nikt Nic Nie Wie.
Glad To Be Forgotten releases December 3rd via Drunken Sailor Records.
Valencia releases December 10th via Desorden Sonoro.
This Is Not An Island Anymore releases February 18th.
Glöd releases February 1st via Kink Records.
Think Of The Lie releases December 10th via La Vida Es Un Mus Discos.
Last year's Health EP was some quality shit already but their newest release is just so ridiculously appealing i wasn't at all prepared for that kind of mayhem. This trio is from Nashville and i suspect that Connor and Sean are the very same dudes best known as Skull Cult otherwise - not a fuckin' clue who Cam is. Oh, and there's one more thing: Being in charge of mixing and mastering, none other than Erik Nervous left his own trademark beer stains all over this cassette whose sound is just as wild and eclectic as consistently catchy. Some echoey garage surf twang? Spaced out psychedelic freakouts? Wire & Mission of Burma vibin' on Benzos? You name it! And hovering even a notch above all that shit, there's the downright perfect 70s power pop-meets-80s hair metal masterpiece Be With You, a knockout punch of the most pleasant kind.
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Um… what meaningful thing is there left to say about a new Alien Nosejob record at this point? They kinda come in two shapes: The grab bag style ones where Mr. Robertson branches out in every direction possible and the hyperfocussed monoculture ones where he doubles down on a single genre - like his hardcore 7"s for example or that synth pop/eurotrash 12" maxi a while ago. Well, this one's another grab bag record and apart from that, it's just the plain old usual awesomeness we've all come to expect from this dude who seems utterly unable to write a dull tune.
Album-Stream →Ohne Tanzen Planen releases November 23rd via RDS Rec. HH.
Future's Almost Over releases December 3rd via Slovenly Recordings.
Reverberant Scratch: 9 Shots in tha Dark releases March 24th via Total Punk Records.
Deep Pore releases December 10th via Adagio830.