The demo of this group from Jakarta, Indonesia delights with two kickass blasts of melodic DIY noise pop, pretty much in line with groups á la UV-TV, Feature, Joanna Gruesome, Slowcoaches and Star Party, who in turn might have drawn inspiration from the likes of Fastbacks, the early works of eighties fuzz pop greats The Primitives, as well as a bunch of C86-ish artifacts and the whole Slumberland and Sarah Records-spawned universe of oldschool noise- and indie pop.
What new things are there to say about yet another Gobs EP? It's the motherfuckin' Gobs for fuck's sake and few other bands have perfected the formula for blown-out and dumb lo-fi fuzz punk insanity, equally unrelenting and catchy, as well as this Olympia, Washington group. A league of their own, really.
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Fun little treat, the debut single of this group "from the northern americas". Kick You sounds like the best of Radioactivity, Sonic Avenues and Cheap Whine welded together, then given a distinct pop punk bent. Violins then lets a substantial hardcore salvo segue into a strange amalgamation of Surfa Rosa-era Pixies and early Mudhoney, spiced up with slightly psych-leaning vocal harmonies. Tasty!
Wilting releases June 7th via Artoffact Records.
This One releases June 28th via Just Step Sideways.
Two Flies In One Clap releases August 21st via Ronny Rex.
A T-shirt with Writing on It releases July 26th via Fundog Recordings.
Disembodiment releases July 19th via Meat Machine.
Implacable releases June 21st via Dirt Cult Records & Cruel Noise Records.
Vomitorium releases August 16th via Fuzz Club Records,
First LP releases June 20th via Phantom Records (EU), Legless Records (AUS) & Feral Kid (US).
New Orleans garage punk dude D. Sablu did make a quite positive impression already with a string of demos and tapes in 2020-2022. On his full-length debut via Yes We Cannibal though, his artistic vision comes into much sharper focus, spanning a good deal of variety in his sound from the slightly noise rock / post punk-leaning opener Bomber Stomp to straightforward garage punk smashers like Too Much Of The News and the Dead Boys-infected tune Stuck In A Rut, altogether having a bit of a Kid Chrome, Sauna Youth or Teenanger vibe to them, sometimes veering into straight up harodcore punk territory while detonations á la Scandalous and World Peace go all-in on that tendency. Whatever shit D. Sablu touches turns into pure gold or at the very least copper on this album. In some ways this thing also positively reminds me of the most recent EP by Jean Mignon.
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Bootlicker of Victoria, BC, Canada remain an unstoppable force on the forefront of fairly contemporary sounding, yet simultaneously kinda oldschool harodcore punk with a distinct garage edge and just a smidge of Oi!, rich in catchy hooks and penetrative riffs. Only the finest references for this shit, some of which being the likes of early Electric Chair, Chain Whip, Illiterates, Hood Rats, Crisis Man, Headcheese and Imploders.
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