Fuzzy Meadows: The Week's Best New Music (October 4th - October 10th)
Sumac - "Two Beasts" | Album Review
A.D. Flowers - "Option 2" | Post-Trash Premiere
A.D. Flowers are ready for their self-titled sophomore EP, due out October 15th via Infinite Weed Records. The band make pop-infused music in the classic sense of the word, naming The Beatles as a core influence, but their sound skews closer to 90’s alternative rock with maybe a pinch of early punk swagger.
Luggage - "Happiness" | Album Review
Happiness’ approach to “the slow” has been touted as a “90s Chicago throwback,” which is not too far off in terms of general description of their approach to sludgy slowness. The trio stretch their perpetual sonic muscles, remapping an indie lineage that feels further drawn out of frame. Every track becomes its own little sonic nugget.
The Stick Figures Share "Archeology" Track-By-Track Breakdown + Playlist of Influences
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.
Full of Hell - "Garden of Burning Apparitions" | Album Review
The unrelenting force that is Full of Hell has returned with their latest album, Garden of Burning Apparitions, showing why they are the biggest band in grindcore right now. In only twenty minutes, the band packs idea after idea without letting up for a single second. The riffs, the vocals, the percussion, everything is as intense as ever.
Alien Nosejob - "Leather Gunn" | Post-Trash Premiere
Alien Nosejob already released the blistering HC45-2 and now he’s back with his next full length, Paint It Clear. Due out November 12th via the excellent team of Anti Fade and Feel It Records, the album continues Alien Nosejob’s streak of never releasing the same record twice, warping Robertson’s signature punk with new-wave.
Hovvdy - "True Love" | Album Review
Hovvdy, the indie duo featuring Charlie Martin and Will Taylor, has released their fourth record in five years, True Love, which, cliché as it sounds, is a perfect fall record. There’s something about open tunings and vocal harmonies on a delightfully slow-fi record that pairs well with the transition from warm to cold.
Perennial - “Perennial in a Haunted House” | Post-Trash Premiere
Stoner Will & The Narks - "Neocolonial Selfcare in the Anthropocene; or the Vibes at Goldman Sachs" | Post-Trash Premiere
Full or snarky, anti-establishment, society skewering, oft political bite, Hadley’s Stoner Will & The Narks are set to return with their sophomore album, A Narxist Critique. Due out 10/15 via Tiny Radars, the band’s sardonic post-punk is razor sharp in intellect and sense of humor, appealing to fans of both Cheekface and The Cool Greenhouse.
Tunic Discuss "Quitter," Recording, and Non-Intentionally Becoming Straight-Edge Vegans | Feature Interview
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.
Zelma Stone - "The Best" | Album Review
Zelma Stone, fronted by Chloe Studebaker, is notable for her disarmingly vulnerable lyrics and dynamic arrangements. The Best explores themes of loss, discovery, and evolution; the project is sonically reminiscent of artists like Sharon Van Etten, with poignant lyricism comparable to the likes of Phoebe Bridgers and Adrienne Lenker.
Fuzzy Meadows: The Week's Best New Music (September 27th - October 3rd)
Spirits Having Fun - "Two" | Album Review
Two feels as exciting as a live music experience, full of intricate surprises and clashing dynamics in their genre of experimental rock. They utilize the constraints of long-distance art-making to create multi-layered unique sounds, weaving different ideas into melodies and patterns that often feel like entering different colorful rooms of the same colorful house.
Great Wave - "Orange Juice" | Post-Trash Premiere
For the past few years, Scranton’s Great Wave have been crafting a unique style of psychedelic dream-pop, but it leans a bit more toward the experimental than the “pop” tag might suggest. It’s relaxed and accessible, but the band don’t always play to common song structures, instead enacting overall feeling.
Illuminati Hotties - "Let Me Do One More" | Album Review
Florry - "Big Fall" | Album Review
How do you collect the essence of modern Americana music from various sources and then present it as your own vision of what music should sound like? If in doubt you might consult Philadelphia’s Sheridan Frances ‘Francie’ Medosch, who goes under the artistic name of Florry and take a deeper listen to her latest album Big Fall.
Grass Jaw - "Displacement" | Post-Trash Premiere
Having already shared the album’s first two singles, “Dark Months” and “Weight / Chemicals,” Grass Jaw bring us their latest, “Displacement,” a song heavily rooted in the album’s themes of navigating depression. Grass Jaw has a knack for making songs that are intimate and personal but feel relatable to anyone listening.
Tha God Fahim & Nicholas Craven - "Dump Gawd: Shot Clock King" | Album Review
Shot Clock King recalls the cypher, inspiring breaths of life, communally shared for the respect, preservation, and progress of the art and broader art across humanity. One might just as well feel comfortable playing this music in a public setting, with the adaptable lyrical content offering something for everyone.