by Dan Goldin, Louis Pelingen, and Matt Watton
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.
DEERHOOF
"Sparrow Sparrow f/w Overrated Species Anyhow"
Proceeds from Deerhoof’s new Double B-Side support the Trevor Project, a suicide prevention org for LGTBTQ+ youth. (The lathe-cut 7”s are sold out, but you can still support digitally.) The first song “Overrated Species Anyhow” sounds like an enigmatic overture and is an uplifting, animistic lament for the unloved and maltreated. It transitions into the mathy, skittering “Sparrow Sparrow,” replete with signature Deerhoofian moves: controlled chaos drumming, dueling, otherworldly guitar sounds, and Satomi Matsuzaki’s inimitable delivery. Both the sonics and the charity of the single remind us that Deerhoof’s music has always been humanizing and celebratory, not in spite of but rather because of its noisiness, its freedom, its joie de vivre. - Matt Watton
GLOIN
“Horse Fighting”
“Horse Fighting” is full of noisy riffs that bellow and charge in every direction, leaving a gnarly scar at the core. The second cut from Gloin’s upcoming sophomore project, All of your anger is actually shame (and I bet that makes you angry), coming out on March 28th, runs through bruising attitude aided by riveting vocal barks and pummeling melodies. Overall cutting in its display of firepower, a characteristic from Gloin that has only become sharper for their past two singles. - Louis Pelingen
RITCHOT TEXTILES
“Alien”
After eight years of focusing all their energy on Blessed, Drew Riekman, Mitchell Trainor, and Reuben Houweling began again as Ritchot Textiles. The Winnipeg based trio released their debut EP last year in the fall, introducing us to the surrealistic landscape of the project, experimenting with resonant synths and hypnotic repetition. Five months later and they’re back, set to release II, their second EP, on March 21st. Lead single “Alien” is a mesmerizing song, cutting and shimmering with an ominous melody that’s both abrasive and disorienting. There’s a calm to the composition, but it’s an eerie calm, twisted among synths that pass like mushroom cloud shadows and an astounding bass line that keeps the locked-in rhythm on its toes. - DG
THANYA IYER
“Low Tides”
Within the very first few notes of this song, Thanya Iyer perfectly encapsulates instability located in wandering spaces. “Low Tides” is the lead single for Thanya Iyer’s next record, TIDE/TIED, releasing on April 30th via Topshelf Records, showcasing eclectic compositions across the ticklish layers of vocals, synths, and drums. It’s a close equivalent to the fuzz out of a recently opened soda can, leaving bubbly melodies for you to stew upon and admire throughout the entire duration. - Louis Pelingen
TUNIC
“A Harmony of Loss Has Been Sung” LP
A lot has changed in the two years between Tunic’s Wrong Dream and their new album, A Harmony of Loss Has Been Sung. The world hasn’t exactly been thriving in that time, and the Winnipeg based trio have taken note. While there’s always been a caustic immediacy to their brand of noise rock, they’ve created a shift in the framework, trading density for a penetrating minimalism, erupting in unhinged bursts of knotted sonic violence and sour time carnage. The results are disarming, it’s an ugly ride through textures both muddy and frightening, the band burrowing and wandering between colossal feedback, booming low end, and a harsh melodic sensibility that fights to remain unburied. - DG
Further Listening:
ALPHA HOPPER “No Breakfast” | BAMBARA "Face of Love" | BANANAGUN "Day By Day" | BEN SERETAN "Saplings (Danbro Tape Demo)" | BOLDY JAMES & CHUCK STRANGERS "Whale Fishing" | BUFFET LUNCH "Perfect Hit!" | CHEEKFACE "Living Lo-Fi" | CLAMM “And I Try” | THE CRADLE “Devolve, Hallelujah!” | DEAFHEAVEN "Heathen" | DERADOORIAN "Set Me Free" | DOOMSDAY "Never Known Peace" | FATBOI SHARIF & DRIVEBY “Battlestar Galactica“ | GREAT GRANDPA "Ladybug" | HEADSPLITTERS "Curse of Life" LP | THE HELL "Circling The Drain" | I’M BEING GOOD “Have I Got Noose For You” | LAMBRINI GIRLS "No Homo" | LILY SEABIRD "How Far Away" | LILY SEABIRD “It Was Like You Were Coming To Wake Us Back Up” | MABE FRATTI “Cosa Rara (En La Playa)” (Lucrecia Dalt cover) | THE MARTHA’S VINEYARD FERRIES “Decorations“ (The Proletariat cover) | THE MEN "Charm" | MOMMA "Bottle Blonde" | NISEMONO “酷い思い出 (Hidoi Omoide)” | PINK FLOYD "Echoes - Part 1 - Edit (Live at Pompeii - 2025 Mix)" | POPULATION II "Mariano (Jamais je ne t'oublierai)" | SACRED PAWS "Fall For You" | SHARP PINS "With A Girl Like Mine" | SIYAHKAL "A Camel And A Whip" | SNOOZER "I Don't Want To Talk To You" (Arthur cover) / "That's All I Know" | THE STATES "Take Me Out" | VIAGRA BOYS “Uno II”