by Dan Goldin (@post_trash_)

Welcome to FUZZY MEADOWS, our weekly recap of this week's new music. We're sharing our favorite releases of the week in the form of albums, singles, and music videos along with the "Further Listening" section of new and notable releases from around the web. It's generally written in the early hours of the morning and semi-unedited... but full of love and heart. The list is in alphabetical order and we sincerely recommend checking out all the music we've included. There's a lot of great new music being released. Support the bands you love. Spread the word and buy some new music.

*Disclaimer: We are making a conscious effort not to include any artist in our countdown on back-to-back weeks in order to diversify the feature, so be sure to check the "Further Listening" as well because it's often of top-notch quality too.

GOO | “Other Side”

The Western expanse is crawling through the city on “Other Side,” the second single from Squid Ink Sky, Goo’s upcoming album. With a steely twang and giddy-up rhythm, this one is steeped in mystifying country, the unknown night sky lighting the way to paths less explored. Beck Zegans’ utterly stunning vocals always feel like a warm embrace, but with “Other Side” there’s a sense of regret, a deep resolve that comes from the return of a past love and the inability to escape feelings since buried. The Western atmosphere plays into it beautifully, it’s a showdown between the heart and the brain, pitting “should I” vs “shouldn’t I” against each other, knowing which is the better option, but only dusk can settle what may become. Cinematic and absurdly gorgeous, it’s another amazing single from Goo’s album, one of the year’s more essential records.

LASSO | “Ordem Imaginada” EP

Returning with their third EP in as many years, Brazil’s Lasso explode like nuclear winter out the gate with Ordem Imaginada. Seriously, hit play on “Respice Finem” in a quiet room, it genuinely feels like sonic detonation. Out now via Static Shock and Sorry State, the band’s brand of hardcore keeps expanding while retaining the feral nature of their sound, with buzzsaw riffs that demolish and shift from one scourge to the next in rapid fire succession to drum fills that feel entirely unglued. This one rips way harder than whatever over-produced hardcore the rest of “the industry” is cramming down our throats. There are subtle changes in tempo, as Lasso dig between breakneck fury and mid-tempo carnage, but it’s all bleeding into the red with brute force and impenetrable density, pummeling forward like an oncoming stampede of blatant indignation. For all the anger and anxiety being exhumed, this record is a blast to listen to, an onslaught of hazy hardcore recklessness that shreds from start to finish.

MUDHONEY | “Little Dogs”

As a proud new poppa to a young pug puppy, I’m somewhat pre-determined to love Mudhoney’s “Little Dogs” anthem. The Seattle legends have been at it for well over thirty years and well… they’ve done a lot of living and growing since the days of “Touch Me I’m Sick”. While that song remains an all-time great, their youthful indiscretions have evolved over the years into something else, not necessarily a “maturity,” but they’re aware of the world we live in, warts and all, and they’re sort of doing what they can to survive it. With Plastic Eternity the band recognize the danger that society’s stupidity has amassed via pollution, and they’re once again putting the idiots on notice. They push their sound into deep realms of psych and scuzz, still adapting their tried and true formula. Then the record concludes with “Little Dogs”… a song that forgets all that and embraces the joys of little dogs. They’re hilarious… how could you not love them? Thanks to Mudhoney they now have the anthem they deserve.

SPLIT SYSTEM | “SPLIIT SYSTEM” EP

Melbourne’s Split System are back with more heat for the street. Vol. 1, released last year via Drunken Sailor (Punter, The Drin, Gaffer) and Legless Records (Polute, Street Sweeper, C.O.F.F.I.N.), introduced the band to the world beyond Australia, bringing their blunt punk charm and classic rock sleaze to an enthusiastic audience worldwide. They’re keeping the trash-fire burning with Spliit System, a new two song single that’s full of street-punk muscle and enormous rock ‘n’ roll boogie, surging with twin guitars licks and a beer fueled attitude. There’s an accessibility to the song’s rooted in the rock swagger of the 70’s, but the delivery is raw, gripped by primal riffing and a tight rhythm section. “Bullet” and “On The Street” are pure jet propulsion, soaked in oil and ready to explode upon ignition, with big solos and a crusty heart. Like their peers in Amyl & The Sniffers, there’s a sense of pop at the core of their tidal energy, shredding deep into our syrupy subconscious.

YUNGMORPHEUS | “Where It Goes” (feat. Jimetta Rose)

YUNGMORPHEUS, in collaboration with THERAVADA on production, released one of the best hip-hop records of last year. This year, the Los Angeles based MC returns to do it again with From Whence It Came, a new full length due out April 28th via Lex Records (Fly Anakin, Chuck Strangers, JJ DOOM). Built on breezy production that feels psychedelic and dug from the crates, there’s a magic to his relaxed delivery, splitting the difference in flow between MCs like Earl Sweatshirt and Boldy James. Each single released so far has been great, steadily upping our anticipation. “Where It Goes,” produced by Dirty Art Club, is the latest taste of the record and maybe the best yet, pairing YUNGMORPHEUS together with Jimetta Rose’s brand of sultry neo-soul. With her velvety R&B croon, the jazzy flourishes of muted horns, and silky bass, the beat feels like classic soul, pulled from the days of Curtis Mayfield and Bobby Womack. It’s a perfect structure for YUNGMORPHEUS to kick his casual perma-stoned rhymes, patient but exacting. He sets himself apart with vignettes of abstract struggle, chance encounters, and a rapidly hardening resolve.

Further Listening:

Fuzzy Meadows: The Week's Best New Music (April 3rd - April 9th)