Spllit – Amite River
Spllit Sides releases July 30th via Feel It Records.
Chubby And The Gang – Coming Up Tough
The Mutt's Nuts releases August 27th via Partisan Records.
Cemento – Cash Grab
Killing Life releases June 30th via Iron Lung Records.
During – Birds of Juneau / Big Farmer
Chunklet Industries is killing it again with this debut 7" by a noise rock/post punk supergroup, kind of an unholy trinity made up of members of Wilful Boys, Spray Paint and Brandy whose sound incorporates familiar elements of all three aforementioned groups yet eschews predictability - with the A-Side giving off that distinct Spray Paint vibe and the other track veering a bit stronger towards the other two bands' sonic hallmarks. To make things even better, we're also promised a full length sometime this fall!
Pigeon – Deny All Knowledge Of Complicity
With the Berlin group's 2018 self-titled full length being their most varied, playful record and the subsequent Bug EP their loudest, most uncompromising one, their second long player recently released via adagio830 certainly showcases their most concise, effective and elaborate bundle of songs so far. Once again i'm reminded of pretty much any great post punk act of recent years both in- and outside Berlin. Think Negative Space, Pretty Hurts, Rank/Xerox, Diät, Public Eye, Exit Group, Nag… the list could go on and on. In other words: First rate shit!
Album-Stream →Upper Wilds – Love Song #5
Venus releases July 23rd via Thrill Jockey.
Sweet Williams – Dead Singer
What's Wrong With You releases July 2nd via Gringo Records.
Canal Irreal – Pestes
Canal Irreal releases June 25th via Beach Impediment Records.
Luggage – Fear
Happiness releases July 16th via Husky Pants Records.
Chain Whip – Two Step To Hell
Two Step To Hell releases July 15th via Drunken Sailor Records.
Verspannungskassette #19
Side A
Tracklist:
Full Toilet Taco Has Her Say (ft. Taco)
Easy Ego I'm The Best
Satanic Togas Strange Attraction
Dog Date High Beams
Chubby and the Gang Lightning Don't Strike Twice
Anxious Pleasers Errand Boy
The Gobs 2083 Ad
Zoids Running Man
Maske Schießgewehr
Big Chungus A Real Kick In The Sax
Dee Bee Rich Destroy
Die A.R.D. Biathlon
Mainframe RIP
Egg Idiot Where Are My Bugs
Pizza Boys (This Is) Pizza Power
Mesh Company Jeep
Neighborhood Brats All Nazis Must Die
Side B
Tracklist:
Detestados Corona
Kerø Frustrated Youth
Illiterates Urban Hillbilly
Cutters Australian War Crimes
Distancia Estados
Seurat Maailmanloppu alkaa Oulusta
Las Hiedras Piña
Fugitive Bubble Grotesque
QB Поток
The Worm Reducer The One To Me
Trzpiot Chyba Ty
John (Timestwo) A Song For Those Who Speed In Built-Up Areas
Needles//Pins The Tyranny of Comforts
Vaguess GueSt List to Heaven
Dumbells Clear
UV-TV Distant Lullaby
Pizza Boys – A La Mierda con Papa John’s... Acá Están Los Pizza Boys
In a week already pretty heavy on egg-related releases, all that's left for me to say about this debut EP is that the good egghead gospel seems to have reached the righteous people of Chile at last and that fact alone fills my heart with so much joy - of course also helped by this being such a fun little record.
Album-Stream →Mainframe – Employee / RIP
Yet another Goodbye Boozy 7" by a trio whose lineup is the stuff wet dreams of today's distinguished garage-, synth- and eggpunk connoisseur are made of, including connections to Skull Cult and roughly half of the Warttman empire. The results are rather unsurprising…ly awesome!
Satanic Togas & Zoids – Split 7″
Speaking of the naughty one's favorite garments… they're also half the subject of a nice new split 7" on Goodbye Boozy, delivering two short and sweet rippers with Strange Attraction giving off a strong Buck Biloxi & The Fucks vibe.
The songs by Zoids complement this perfectly, operating within similar parameters manifest in both a straightforward rockin' opening track and a delightfully twisted follow-up.
Easy Ego – Spit On Your Bitch
My carefully tuned anomaly-detecting instruments are sensing some curious egghead activity coming from Belgium, more specifically from some Brussels one-man-act. And what a neat little quality batch of songs has resulted from this. Fans of acts like Warm Exit, Set-Top Box, R.M.F.C. or Satanic Togas, rejoyce! Put a subliminal dungeon smell on top and this is roughly where you'll end up. Also, there's some kind of an unexpected Spray Paint-goes-garage punk vibe going on in Horse Power.
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