Beauty Pill’s discography offers a reminder that art music can challenge you without being obtuse or obscure. Before the release of Instant Night, Chad Clark and co-lead-singer Erin Nelson spoke to Post-Trash about the health crises that brought them together and the high points in artistic life they now get to savor as a group.
While they were only together for three years time, Archeology proves to be an essential find, a collection of the band’s self-titled EP with six previously unreleased songs, two live tracks, and more. Regardless if you’re familiar with The Stick Figures or not, this is a great listen of a band making taut post-punk in the era of The B-52s and Pylon.
Quitter has the primal sound of a group cut loose in the wilderness with only their inventive wits and sheer, screaming force of will to survive. Before the release, David Shellenberg sat down with Post-Trash to talk about recording sessions as glorified hang-outs and unintentionally becoming a straight-edge vegan in the making of Quitter.
Sweet Williams is the brainchild of Brighton’s Thomas House, a veteran of the DIY music scene and a musician whose drive to create is seemingly limitless. Post-Trash’s Dominic Acito connected with House via Zoom to discuss his writing process, the DIY scene in Spain, and his first experiences learning an instrument.
In a Vermont town that even Joe Biden wouldn’t be able to locate on a map, lives a hermit who has released over 35 albums in ten years, including an undecuple on Youtube. Chris Weisman is a great songwriter, jazz musician, conceptual artist and the only person in the world who has really taken seriously the lo-fi dogma.
Birthday Ass formed at the New England Conservatory, with their academic backgrounds in jazz and contemporary classical music, they all know full well how to read the music, but also when to throw the score out the window and improvise. Priya Carlberg spoke to Post-Trash about Head of the Household, the way the band’s live energy has shaped up over the years, and Jell-O.
Moontype have been fleshing out their sound since 2019, allowing individual influence to elevate McCarthy’s songwriting while dilating the music’s emotional scope with a distinct sound and texture. Post-Trash caught up with them before the release of Bodies of Water to talk about geology, Incubus, their creative approach, Earnest the goldfish and the year with no tours.
Shortly after the release of Emphatically No., the ear catching power-pop filled and extremely quotable second full length from Cheekface, the band sat down for a chat via Zoom. They discussed life, methods of distraction/survival during a national pandemic, achievements and joy in music, and what venues might look like going forward.
Last year’s Yalc Nitsua Mailliw found Yalc123 taking on a new approach to songwriting. By writing melodies first, followed by lyrics, then chord progressions, they worked from top to bottom, essentially working “in reverse.” We were able to catch up with Yalc over Zoom about their creative process, musical inspiration, Texas and more.
The Deals are now your new favorite family band. The Chicago-based quintet released Clear and Severe at the end of January and holy cow. If you’ve ever enjoyed pop music in the slightest, you will find something to enjoy on The Deals’ debut. The band discuss their album, Fountains of Wayne, The Beatles, and more.
With three members relocated to Georgia, Mamalarky have adopted a new creative quarters, an open space for sustained musical bouts. We caught up with Mamalarkey in their fresh dental dwellings about their creative process, missing tour, being friends with your bandmates and Leonard Cohen’s “touring curtains.”
In the early 1990s, Chris Rowley was a vocalist and songwriter for the legendary Riot Grrrl/art-punk group Huggy Bear. Chris Rowley has now teamed up with John Arthur Webb and Kevin Hendrick (of Male Bonding and PRE) and 23-year-old drummer Sonny Barrett for a new band, Adulkt Life. Rowley recently answered some questions about their formation, playing in a multi-generational band, and their new album.
Media & Memory has time on its side; you can hear the hours that went into refining its nine tracks, boiling down countless practice sessions, hammering hooks, harmonies, and idiosyncratic drum grooves until they sit completely flush. Before the release, in the midst of coordinating a remix album and pre-recording of two live performances, the trio spoke to Post Trash about the process of excavating the album from hours of preparation.
The trio make what they describe as “guitarless guitar music,” and their sophomore album, Clot, is full of strength and menace. Built on angular progressions, swelling noise, and a never ending avalanche of eery tension. Out now via Captured Tracks, Wax Chattels were kind enough to share some of the influences that lead to Clot with us.
