While the band certainly incorporate elements of deranged noise rock into their sound, they more often lean into a spookier goth croon to anchor their bludgeoning. “Midnight Sauce,” the second single from BOYS highlights that side of their output, a song filled with terror and menace but drawn together with a silky vocal performance.
Following a string of releases including 2018’s Crush-Hi, Airhead DC return with a brand new EP, Busted Sermon, an expansive swirl of warped lo-fi psych and homegrown bedroom pop. The solo project of Vishal Narang has steadily grown over the years to include new influences and sounds, dipping into territory less traveled.
Shelter of a Song, due out November 20th via Orindal Records shines with its own dim lit glow and comfort that comes from a place of patience and introspection. Built on an ever growing stretch of atmosphere, Liza Victoria’s songs look into the depths of mourning and loss, reworking those feelings into a meditative beauty
Holyoke, MA’s Landowner are never short on words. With the band’s excellent sophomore album, Consultant, out now via Born Yesterday Records (Dummy, Stuck, Red Tunic) their scathing takedown of systemic racism via political agendas, the upper class, and disparities of resources is all delivered with an appropriate agitation.
The ever prolific musician, producer, all around swell fella is set to release his latest Options gem, Window’s Open, due out October 23rd. It’s another brilliantly somber record that blends intricate songwriting with a lo-fi warble that washes over Engel’s technicality like a blanket of accessibility.
Sam Wenc has been going by Post Moves since 2012, and the project has got a new record coming out on Noumenal Loom at the end of the month. Today we’re premiering the Sandy Ewan-directed video for “Karen’s Ride With Grace,” a phantasmagorical sequence capturing Wenc’s union of digital and natural realities.
Strangelight have their own lineage worth noting, featuring members of sludge stalwarts Kowloon Walled City and Transistor Transistor. They’ve come together and are ready to knock down doors with their enormous sound, built on Hot Snakes fueled punk and adrenaline, stomping and thrashing one moment, dense and thudding the next.
Heir Traffic’s double single “The Roman Road / The Bellows” continues the Melbourne band’s dip into discordant post-punk. Recorded in Frankston by keyboardist Joe Nurrish, the singles strive to encapsulate their live performances - Mitchell spitting his poetic rambles, ever complimented by a barrage of drums and guitar.
MEH, the fantastic lo-fi fuzz pop band comprised of members of Nopes, are getting ready to release their latest, Big Soft. Due out October 2nd via Chicago’s Maximum Pelt, it’s another warm and welcoming record of warbling tunes and folk inspired slacker rock, built on the gentle moments but still pushing into the red every now and then.
Sometimes everything you need is within sight. Sometimes the best decisions are the ones that come without overthinking. Both of the sentiments rings true on Tang’s upcoming album The Quiet Earth. Due September 29th, the collection finds Peter Connelly once again taking a solo approach to his band, and they’ve never sounded better.
