Deluxe Bias is killing it once again with another riduculously short cassette containing three dark brown puddles of hardcore punk that couldn't get much more primal than this, overwhelming the listener by sheer sonic force before they even had the time to make any judgement about what the fuck they've just been listening to.
While, for my own taste, releases by that canadian garage weirdo TJ Cabot have so far been a rather hit-or-miss affair, his newest 7" - a collaboration with synth wave artist Sonic Hz - falls squarely into the "hit" category. This high-sugar feast for your eardrums artfully combinines the best ingredients of both worlds and reminds me quite a bit of Sweden's synth punk powerhouse Isotope Soap.
Side A
Tracklist:
Skiftande Enheter Bättre Förr
Writhing Squares Ganymede
Set-Top Box Nothin'At All
Revv Ya Bad News
Slayer Jr Google Chrome
Shimmer Bed Darling
Markus Je pense à toi
5 Days Grime Fighter
Voice Imitator Swelterling in Leather
Spiritual Mafia Smiles
Go Lamborghini Go Dusty Economy
Nervous Never
Hugayz Gimmie Some (Love)
The Gobs Adderall Or Nothin
Knife Twister Same Old Game
Side B
Tracklist:
M.S.O.L No Limits
Alien Nosejob Opinionated Fuck
Electric Chair Social Capital
Warsh Hypocrite
Process of Elimination Inhalation
Hounds Of War Iron Hand Of Justice
Dollhouse The Shadow Baby
Artificial Joy Fan Club Manic
Nick Cage Can't Judge The Judge
PR Shake Same Old Trip
Baby Mullet Uptight
Pale Horsey Overlord
Civic Tell The Papers
Raw Plastic Waveswaveswaves
Gemstones No one
On their second longplayer, New Orleans group Waste Man have gotten rid almost entirely of the hardcore elements that were still front and center on their incredible 2018 tape A New Type Of Worry, but that doesn't mean their newest LP is any less thrilling. Quite on the contraty, this has become both their most ambitious and well-rounded release so far, a captivating and unpredictable ride at different points reminding me of smartypants garage punk of the Vintage Crop, Dumb or Uranium Club variety, art punk akin to Lithhics or Patti as well as contemporary post punk in the vein of Public Eye, The Gotobeds and Bambara… at the same time emitting some distinctly oldschool vibes - faint echoes of Wire and Saccharine Trust being the most noticeable ones here.
Album-Stream →
Okay… it looks like the current dungeon craze, which seemingly started out in the realm of synth-based soundscapes some time ago and has since then progressively been making its presence known on the fringes of garage punk, is now slowly but inevitably extending its grip into the musty cellars of hardcore punk. This fun new tape of medieval survival hymns about other people's heads meeting blunt, heavy objects sounds a bit as if Lumpy & The Dumpers, Cülo and Strange Attractor joined forces to record an alternate Jabberwocky soundtrack.
Album-Stream →Development Hell releases April 16th via Marthouse Records.
L'heure Idéale releases June 18th via Duprince.
Cyber Crimes releases April 30th.
Atomic Eater / K.G.B's Split releases May 28th via No Front Teeth & Helvete's Kitchen Records.
Ögat//The Eye releases June 30th via Kink Records.
Side A
Tracklist:
Germ House Bottled At The Source
Spodee Boy Dress The Part
Headcheese Sucker
Taqbir Al-zuki Akbar
The Chisel Enough Said
Fashion Change Coward
Good Guys Closed Off
Reggie And The Stoners We're Only Kidding
Cexcrime Super Fry
Qwom Q
Pilgrim Screw Absolute Fucking Human
Imposition Man Natural Ways
Sarcasm Digital Colony
Trigger Cut Yessss Brother
DWP Running On
S:Bahn Exhaustion
Side B
Tracklist:
Salamirecorder Bapapapapaaa
The Mudd Club Sick
The Stools Rockpile
Warm Exit Crocodile In My Brain
Pringue Positivo
Edible Pet Cataclysm
TempleTime! Total Bunk
The Cripples Cease To Exist
Max Capacity Gone Week
Cosme A
Cosas Ilegales Donde Están Los Punks?
Beta Máximo Eclipse
Dark Web Gold Toupee
Sweet Reaper Cowards
Ope Culture Paste
Another way-too-short cassette bearing the gift of quality dumb oldschool punk crankiness of the heavily KBD-leaning kind, made by two members of L.A. weirdos Launcher. What's not to like?
Album-Stream →
This is already the second awesome release for this week coming out of Mexico. To be fair, this record is already a few months old but still… there's clearly something brewing over there. The debut album by this group is a highly concentrated caffeine shot of drum machine-driven full-speed-straight-ahead garage punk with some slight similarity to groups like S.B.F., Kid Chrome or Arse. Sometimes noisy, sometimes melodic, always catchy and exhilarating.
Album-Stream →Movement Now / Another War Talk 7" releases May 14th via Upset The Rhythm.
S.U.G.A.R. releases April 9th via Alien Snatch! Records.