by Dan Goldin (@post_trash_)
Welcome to FUZZY MEADOWS, our 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. 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.
7XVETHEGENIUS
“Psalm” (feat. Jae Skeese)
While “Psalm” isn’t exactly a new 7xvethegenius song, sometimes you have to hit folks over the head a second time before they pay attention. The fact is that 7xve has been an MC on a mission since her early days, her verses are crafted for maximum impact, delivered with a sterling finesse and laser focus. Set to release the long awaited Death of Deuce in October via Conway The Machine’s Drumwork Music Group, “Psalm” chronicles the rise of one of hip-hop’s best and brightest, a song that’s reflective of self, carefully molding 7xvethegenius’ style through her own relentless drive. With production from Camoflauge Monk and a verse from label mate Jae Skeese, it’s raw hip-hop at it’s finest, free of posturing, putting lyrical strength at the center of it all as the pair of up-and-comers stay on their grind.
BANANAGUN
“Free Energy”
Four years after their genre defying debut album, Melbourne’s Bananagun have returned, with a sound that evolves the band’s wondrous brand of cerebral psych rock, moving beyond their afrobeat inclinations (though the undercurrent remains) and embracing something jazzier, leaning into haymaker krautrock with a dusting of prog rock dexterity. With Why Is The Colour of the Sky? due out in November via Anti Fade Records and Full Time Hobby, the band come grooving out the gate on “Free Energy,” a kaleidoscopic tidal wave of a lead single, led by Jimi Gregg’s jaw-dropping and intricate drums. Delightfully fuzzy and deeply psychedelic its energy in momentum, the surge of life paired with the breeze of acidic enchantment. With the core of the album recorded live in studio, there’s a wild spirit to “Free Energy,” a song that ripples from start to finish.
NINA RYSER
“Underestimate”
There’s always been a visionary spark to Nina Ryser’s music. As one third of Palberta, Ryser and her bandmates contorted punk with a ramshackle glee, blending equal parts twee and no wave to create their own damaged dream-pop bliss. Her solo efforts have captured a similar discordant pop chaos, a fusion of raw minimalist recordings and vibrant unfiltered songs. Water Giants, her first for Dear Life Records, moves away from the bedroom fidelity, embracing the added radiance of the studio, without sterilizing Ryser’s sound. Her songs have never sounded better, the dynamic textures glistening with harmonic nuances. While “Things I Claim” was built on folk leaning warmth, “Underestimate” goes for hypnotic abrasion, the sound locked in and off-kilter, bobbing on a detached pulse, howling cello and violins, and a dazzling melodic loop.
PEARL & THE OYSTERS
“Cruise Control”
Pearl & The Oysters’ music shines like the sun, shimmering and sweltering even on the darkest days. The Los Angeles based duo have been cranking out the hits over the last few years, maintaining their mutant art pop sound while exploring the breezy touches of tropicália, warped funk, space-age lounge jazz, and the cosmic beyond. Planet Pearl, their latest album, is due out September 20th via Stones Throw (Jerry Paper, NxWorries, Automatic) revolves around that “alien” nature of their sugar sweet sound, an album that imagines the duo as extraterrestrial life stranded here on Earth. While the sun melts down, “Cruise Control” glistens, but underneath the vibrant jangle there’s a sense of desperation, the idea of being stuck in motion, going through the motions, closed off from the freedom of choice. That being said, it’s still a leisure bop, a bubbling psychedelic pop odyssey.
SOUR WIDOWS
“Audiotree Live”
With their East Coast tour kicking off later this week, Sour Widows have graced us all with a new Audiotree Live session, capturing a set of songs pulled from their magnificent Revival Of A Friend album, released back in June. An incredibly powerful live band, the session highlights the band’s dueling immediacy and patience inherent in their songs, the wrought tension and the cathartic release. Their songs are sophisticated in structure, the band triumphantly tangled in one another as the performances pushes and pulls in equal measure, delicate yet bursting. Sour Widows show they aren’t afraid to splinter even the most gentle of moments, opting to let nature run its course, to allow their songs to breathe, to writhe, to evolve. It’s a gorgeous set that brings up back to one of the year’s most resounding records like a weighted blanket.
Further Listening:
ALLEGRA KRIEGER "Came" | BEIGE PALACE "LIVE For The Very Last Time (2016-2024)" LP | BLACK PUS "Hungry Animal" | BLUE ZERO "Broken By A Glance" | CARNAL TOMB "Dismembered" (Dismember cover) | COLLAPSED SKULL "Throne of Oppression" | DJ MUGGS, HOLOGRAM, & KNOWLEDGE THE PIRATE "Ghost Guns" | DOM SENSITIVE "Flowers" | DUMMY "Blue Dada" | DUSTER "In Dreams" LP | ELIZA MCLAMB “God Take Me Out Of LA” | FATBOI SHARIF "Hell" / "Travel With Caution" | FREAK GENES "Insect Politics" | GODSPEED YOU! BLACK EMPEROR "GREY RUBBLE - GREEN SHOOTS" | GUIDED BY VOICES “Tractor Rape Chain (30th Anniversary Version)” | GUT HEALTH "Stilleto" | JAMISON FIELD MURPHY "Field" | KILLER MIKE “Detonator” | KIM DEAL "Crystal Breath" | KIM GORDON & MODEL HOME "razzamatazz" | LADY PILLS “BN2B“ | LITTLE BIT "On The Mend" | PUDDLED "Between" | PYGMY LUSH “Tiny Desk Concert” | PYPY "Lonely Striped Sock" | QLOWSKI "Surrender" | QUELLE CHRIS & CAVALIER "Shining Brighter" (feat. Pink Siifu & Denmark Vessey) | RED PK “Bedroom / Moving Off The Line” | RED RIBBON "Crying My Car" | SEAN HENRY "Room In The Hall" | SEDIMENTUM "Le Labyrinthe Sempiternel" | THE SMILE "Foreign Spies" / "Zero Sum" | SPACE CAMP "Deadname Me All Night" | STYROFOAM WINOS “Angel Flies Over“ | SUBSONIC EYE "Not Linear" | TASHA "Love's Changing" | TRAMHAUS "Ffleur Hari" | WILLIAM BASINSKI "September 23rd (Excerpt 1)"