Nap Eyes have been releasing under the radar masterpieces for the past half a decade. Starting in 2014, they’ve been steadily growing their following in the indie world with each new release. Snapshot of a Beginner, the first album where they’ve worked with guitarist extraordinaire James Elkington, is poised to be their biggest album yet.
Enter a world of sordid noise rock, where jazz meets grindcore, prog blends with no-wave, and absolutely nothing is subtle. It’s all by design on Fred Cracklin’a sophomore album, Anxiety Kinship. The duo of Adam Bosse (guitar) and Max Goldstein (drums), have thrown caution to the wind and they’re getting into the sweet spot of experimental freak-out noise punk with intelligence at its core.
Spanning four tracks, Surfbort delivers on their stripped yet robust-rock sound for a jumpy EP dedicated to anxiety, romance and of course, pointed animosity towards one #45 president. Billy is exciting and driving and with every word you can think of being at a DIY show covered in cheap beer with your best friends.
Polvo is great for fans or newcomers alike - anyone who wants to see where one of the most influential bands of the 1990's honed their craft. Fans of their classic albums will enjoy these versions of songs they know and love, while new fans will still enjoy an incredible find striving to develop their signature sound.
London synth punk band Es has arrived with Less of Everything, a bold statement in our age of constant overexposure. Regardless if the title deals with minimalism within our reality or within their skeletal punk songs, there’s no distractions within their debut, just primal focused post-punk that’s tense and eager to disrupt any sense of complacency.
As the drummer for Eighteen Hundred and Froze to Death, Brendan Kuntz plays with a dense complexity and colossal precision. As Grass Jaw on the other hand, Kuntz is stepping out from behind the kit, performing all instruments and vocals, with a focus on earnest songwriting and gentle fuzz over anything too tangled.
Auckland, New Zealand’s Swallow The Rat have roots in both their current home town and as far away as Austin, Texas. Set to release their full length debut, Leaving Room, in April, the band have developed a style that knots together their NZ post-punk influences with shoegaze tendencies closer to the American underground.
Human Impact is chiefly Unsane's vocalist and guitarist, Chris Spencer, joined by Swans bassist Chris Pravdica, keyboardist Jim Coleman of Cop Shoot Cop, and drummer Phil Puleo, also of Cop Shoot Cop. If you were hoping for more Unsane's misanthropic, knives out dirges, you're unfortunately in the wrong place.
On 925, they’ve taken elements of many important UK bands of the recent past and put them in a blender. Despite containing so many styles, the record never sounds like a stale pastiche. By re-contextualizing and sewing these disparate influences together they’ve managed to make a record that both sounds totally original and comfortingly familiar.
Having shared their great first single “3 Segundos” with an equally great music video, we’re excited to premiere the band’s latest, “No Puedo Pensar”. While their lead single bounced with an undeniable kraut-pop energy, the follow up, while still motorik in rhythm, is a bit more subdued in it’s hypnotic groove… though only slightly.
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