See Jazz is decidedly not jazz, but reality does feel augmented throughout Is This Anything?, the debut album from Aaron Pfannebecker’s solo project. With a sound rooted in bedroom pop, See Jazz is wandering beyond the walls of confessional and dreary pop to create lo-fi music with a sense of adventure.
Age, out January 26th via Moone Records and Anxiety Blanket Records, is an album transfixed on life’s changes, a farewell to the one’s past self and an appraisal of where life’s lemons have left him. While the path of his life is obviously deeply personal, Dailey isn’t alone throughout the record, bringing some stalwart musicians along for the journey..
Infinite Hatch is a major statement of a record, the duo of Marance and Urq showing incredible growth while remaining true to their sound and vision. One of the year’s more exciting albums, each song a piece of the greater whole, capturing the band’s acidic knack for unlikely melodies together with their immaculate sense of personality.
Post-Trash is very pleased to present Winded’s music video for "Heaven is Leaking" from last year's breathtaking EP, Schwartz Provides. Winded's track record of mixing a bit of jangly and earnest sentiment with a crushing sense of despair and intense self-reflection always provides quite a wild ride through a gamut of feelings and states of mind.
Bungler, the Philadelphia based solo project of Paul Hewes (Snoozer, Idiot Forever), has amassed a large catalog of home-spun indie over the past seven years, balancing fuzzy slacker rock with weary hooks. He’s back again with Light In The Corner, a brilliant new record for Strange Mono (Sandcastle, Ruah, Webb Chapel).
Just in time for Halloween, Raleigh’s Jenny Besetzt are sharing a brand new music video for “Nite Terrors,” a haunting focal point of their recent album, Goner. Released during the height of summer via Self Aware Records (Amanda X, Myriads), the band’s knack for 80’s post-punk at its most romantic end is full of cinematic plumage.
Chicago’s Cel Ray already released Cellular Raymond, one of our absolute favorite EPs of the year back in February, and as the well deserved hype around the band continues to grow, they’re getting ready to release another one. Piss Park, their new EP, is due out November 17th via Six Tonnes De Chair Records.
The construction of the trio’s interwoven brand of post-hardcore is brilliant throughout their second album, Making Sounds For Andy. Due out November 17th via Human Worth, Beige Palace’s upcoming album finds the band pushing their songs to sparse limits, every note and beat resonating to its full potential.
SWiiMS continue to evolve their sound with their upcoming album Into The Blue Night. Along with their excellent instrumentalism comes tracks drenched in thoughtful songwriting, leaving listeners to want more. Mai Diaz Langou notes it’s about: "the beginning stages of a relationship - how you try to make yourself more intriguing”.
Sunk Heaven returns with the next full length, Off-White Colosseum, due out October 24th via Hot Releases. Recorded during a residency at Pioneer Works, it’s a record that feels both mechanical and immediate, where things are rarely as they seem, and the claustrophobic nature of the recording is matched with equal parts wonder.
Miracle Sweepstakes continue to grow their sound with their upcoming album, Last Licks, due out October 27th via their own One Weird Trick. Recorded in drummer Ian Miniero’s Long Island basement, the band embrace indie rock, psych, and breezy jangle pop on a record that’s prone to shift unexpectedly from song to song.
Following the incredible Walang Hiya EP (reissued earlier this month by Iron Lung Records), Stress Positions are set to release Harsh Reality, their full length debut on December 8th via Three One G Records. Recorded once again with Seth Engel, there’s a primal sense of tension and carnage that lurks throughout the record.
Tuxis Giant lead singer and guitarist Matt O’Connor says they don’t love the idea of The Old House being their pandemic record. Even though the eleven songs were recorded in a studio in Boston, the dusty Vermont Cabin they were written in by O’Connor throughout 2020 couldn’t quite be shaken out of the record.
Following a move across the country, Hannah Liuzzo is back as Little Bit, a brand new solo project. Set to release Talk A Blue Streak, recorded together with Brad Krieger, the sound of the lead single is captivating, residing somewhere between the sugary indie of Lilith and the alt-country emo fuzz of Ratboys.
Carpenter’s songs feel like they’ve existed forever, swirling loosely in the ether until called forth the moment he picks up a guitar. End of the Kicks, his newest collection, is due out September 29 via Durham, NC label/collective PotLuck Foundation. It’s his best work yet, adding a gentle psychedelic shimmer to his classic songwriting.
Detroit’s Sugar Tradition ooze classic garage rock jangle and rock ‘n’ roll excess. Set to release More Sugar on October 13th, the band sound absolutely revved up, their Motor City fuzz fine tuned and never out of fashion. There’s an unfiltered quality to the songs, skidding between MC5 inspired grooves and caterwauling distortion.
Set to release their full length debut, Migration Magic, on November 24th via K Records (Beat Happening) and Perennial Death (Hartle Road, Ribbon Stage, Almond Joy), the ten songs make good on the promise of their debut, and then some, proving Feeling Figures to be one of the most exciting new fuzzy punk bands around.
