The Wind-Ups - Jonathan Says
Jonathan Says releases August 4th via Blue Arrow Records.
Jonathan Says releases August 4th via Blue Arrow Records.
Setubuhi Dirimu Sendiri releases September 1st via Slovenly Recordings.
El Circo del Brujo releases September 1st via Slovenly Recordings.
Australia Stops releases September 15th via Damaged Record Co. (AUS), Bad Vibrations (EU) & Goner Records (US).
Buyer's Remorse releases July 28th via Iron Lung Records.
On their kickass debut LP, Hamburg group Night Punch present a tight-as-fuck melange of slightly goth-leaning, horror-themed garage-, synth- and post punk that sometimes cranks its tempo up into hardcore spheres, other times being reminiscent of a basic Spits formula spiked with plenty of surprises and unexpected flourishes for an overall equally quirky and dark aesthetic which is sure to please dark punk-, death rock- and dungeon aficinados all the same. Further possible references would be a number of garage- and synth punk acts like The Gobs, Liquid Face, Shrinkwrap Killers, Broken Prayer, Droids Blood, Isotope Soap, the unfiltered thrust of Exwhite, maybe even a hint of Acrylics in the rougher patches.
Album-Stream →Though largely reflecting on current themes of our society being overwhelmed with the tribulations and challenges our ever changing hi-tech world keeps throwing at us, the sounds on this NYC artist's most recent cassette feels more like a flashback to the abrasive, confrontational early days of late '70s / early '80s synth- and electro punk, noise and power electronics experimentation in the vein of shit á la Primitive Calculators, Nervous Gender, Screamers, Units or Minimal Man - a noisy bastard more concerned with overwhelming the senses than with nuance or finesse while still coming across surprisingly catchy and hypnotic most of the time.
Album-Stream →I'd almost forgotten about this San Francisco group yet here they are following up their impressive 2019 debut album with a new EP showcasing their quirky and inventive sound on the fringes of noise rock, hard- and postcore in a shape both rougher and more refined at the same time, echoing some of the greatest noise-/weirdcore releases of recent years including those by the likes of Warm Bodies, Sniffany & The Nits, Vexx, Dots, Judy & The Jerks or Mystic Inane.
Album-Stream →An incredibly self-assured debut tape by a group from Victoria, Canada bursting onto the scene fully formed and mature, bringing to life inventive, haunting and elaborately constructed epics compacted into short, dense hardcore tracks in which they let only the murkiest tendencies of noisy hard-/postcore groups á la Acrylics, Vidro, early Bad Breeding collide with an overall aesthetic branching out deep into the suppressed subconscious, uncanny realms of death rock-/dungeon related or otherwise "blackened" or metal infused noise.
Album-Stream →A strong package of catchy weirdo synth punk tunes by that group from Newcastle, Australia who made a great impression already with their songs on a split EP with Cologne's Teo Wise. Its two songs are featured here aswell, in significantly more crunchy recordings - a delightful mid-fi aesthetic somewhat reminiscent of, say, early Nots, Slimex, Toe Ring, Daughter Bat and the Lip Stings.
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