Last year's WE R TY EP was among that year's outstanding releases in the realm of varyingly egg-ish garage-, post- and art punk and the detroit group's newest EP can't disappoint either with the operner Stuck having a distinct '77-adjacent quality somewhat akin to the earliest Vaguess records and indeed the previously quite prominent eggpunk elements get dialed down here considerably in favor of a more rustic and raw sound, more proplsive than ever before. Oh, and there's a Jimi Hendrix cover which ain't too embarrassing either, though the real meat here is in these three relentlessly catchy original tunes, that's for sure.
Our favorite ukrainian eggpunk odditiy Завірюга sure have shaken up their sound a good bit for their newest EP, doing away with the guitars altogether so the bass really takes center stage this time, complemented by minimalist synths and electronics that overall push these songs in a slighty noise rock- and industrial-leaning direction, resulting in what i consider their strongest and freshest record in a good while. Keep an eye on these dudes, you never know what they're up to next.
Kickass new shit from what appears to be a Melbourne-based duo... or trio? I dunno, the info on bandcamp is a bit ambiguous in that regard. Also, Billiam was involved in capturing this noise. which so far has always been a good omen too. Anyway, these two tunes are right up my alley with that noisy and blown-out fuzz- and garage punk sound that sounds a bit as if The Gobs got fused with a bit of that eighties noise rock- and proto-grunge energy of groups á la X (AUS), Scratch Acid, Fungus Brains, U-Men or Feedtime.
Not too long after their already quite joyous third EP, the Kalamazoo, Michigan group is already following up on that with an even stronger 2-track digital single that once again feels like a throwback to the glory days of '80s-to-mid-'90s post punk, college-, indie- and alternative rock with the likes of Mission Of Burma, My Dad Is Dead, Sebadoh or Volcano Suns looming large over the opening track Party Store, while Good People sounds a bit like Flipper or Broken Talent filtered through a more approachable early Mudhoney- or mid-'90s Royal Trux vibe.
