by Dan Goldin (@post_trash_)
Following many years playing with Clearance and Yeesh (as well as engineering your favorite records and co-running Born Yesterday Records), Greg Obis stepped out last year with his own band, Stuck, a welcome addition to the vibrant Chicago post-punk scene. The band released their debut EP, Three Songs, and have been honing their noise rock and punk chops with a steady stream of live shows ever since. Set to head out on a Midwest tour in November (including four dates with Pile), the trio of Obis, Tim Green (drums), and Donny Walsh (guitar) are set to release a tour cassette featuring their debut EP as well as a new song, “People Pleaser,” which we’re excited to share.
Recorded during the sessions for the band’s upcoming full length debut but ultimately relegated to a b-side, “People Pleaser” is a big time post-punk corker that recalls early Protomartyr meets Gang of Four. The song opens with Obis and Green locked tightly together in wonky groove just before Walsh’s guitars come spidering in. It’s delightfully angular, cutting and slashing at the skidding rhythm, the ground constantly swept out beneath us but the stuttering beat remains locked in, all the same. Intelligent shifts and hypnotic variations of guitar noise swirl all around in the harmonic riddled path toward brainy destruction. If this is what isn’t making the record, we can’t wait to hear what is.
Tour Dates:
11/08 - Bloomington, IN @ Block House
11/09 - St. Louis, MO @ CBGB w/ Glued
11/10 - Columbia, MO @ Cafe Berlin
11/11 - Kansas City @ TBD
11/12 - Oklahoma City NE @ Slowdown*
11/13 - Des Moines, IA @ Vaudeville News*
11/14 - Milwaukee, WI @ Colectivo Coffee*
11/16 - Chicago, IL @ The Empty Bottle w/ Furbie*
* w/ Pile