You can’t escape the heat. In the case of Toronto’s Lavoro and their new single “The Heat,” you can simply give in and let it envelope you. The band, whose members have played in Chris, Animal Faces, Fake Palms, and Sauna, are creating on the colder end of post-punk, their music a mix of woozy dissonance, colossal rhythms, and mechanical menace.
Guided By Voices has had a very busy forty years, though their thirty-seven albums only prove that you can have quantity without wavering quality. Welshpool Frillies arrived almost exactly six months to the day after their last album, La La Land, after a prolific run of eight albums in the last three years.
On her forthcoming debut, Attachment Figure, Sarah Morrison aims to capture the unease of hearing the score of a horror film. She’s previously toured as the keyboardist for Locate S,1, and is now working alongside producers and fellow Locate S,1 members Ross Brand and Clayton Rychlik (who also played in Of Montreal).
Jess Rees and Luke Koz avoid straightforward confessionals, because a Russian Baths song should be abstract enough for each person to interpret personally. On a stormy day, Russian Baths sat down with Post-Trash’s Selina Yang for a discussion on cinematic juxtaposition, introspective lyricism, and plans for an upcoming record.
Shattered Shine finds the group at an existential crossroads — on a personal level, the quartet is at the end of their early twenties, grappling with a heightened sense of self-awareness and chasing their dreams. Meanwhile, at a macro level, they’re witnesses to climate destruction, societal collapse, and the ever-present sense of impending doom.
Ring the damn alarms, Corker have arrived. Following the release of “Lice” at the beginning of the year, the band’s official Feel It Records debut, the Cincinnati-based quintet are set to release their first full length, Falser Truths. Due out September 1st, there’s something about their sound that feels more feral than your average post-punk band.
After going through the motions of writing songs as normal for various other projects, Wireheads bandleader, Dom Trimboli realized that the songs he was now writing were going to be Wireheads songs. It was time to get the band back together. Potentially Venus picks up where Wireheads left off while remaining its own thing sonically.
The sense of freedom that reigns supreme on Vol. II is immediately apparent. It’s that exploration (along with Ian Teeple’s songwriting) that make up the heart of the record. He’s content to choogle along in a warped and weird world of progressive bedroom pop, distorted post-punk, glam-tinged power-pop, alien dream-pop, and lo-fi psych.
Spiral Dub are a new band comprised of familiar faces from Almond Joy, Fuckwolf, Rays, DIIV, and beyond. Their self-titled debut album, due out August 4th via Sanctuary Moon, is a lively bunch of sugar-spun swarmers and high-octane proto-punk, built on the strength of three guitars and plenty of psychedelic heft.
Now a fresh signee at Def Jam, Sage Elsesser’s dropped his major-label debut Ways of Knowing, a clear-eyed distillation of his effortless, heady lyricism and deep emotional intelligence. His lyrical trademarks are his introspection, emotional storytelling, and focus on personal transformation grounded in the lessons and trauma of family life.
“Trouble” is a light and hooky indie rock track, not quite twee, but certainly not aggressive either. The melodic bass immediately takes center stage, locking in with simple folk-rock drums and acoustic guitar strums. Pat Graham describes how he’s “in trouble all of the time,” because he’s the talking kind, hence the band name.
Super Snōōper toughens up the band’s sound. The recording lends depth and metallic sharpness for maximum wallop; Blair Tramel’s voice is brought more to the front of the mix, and gains range and power. With this more straightforward sonic palette, an array of Snōōper’s best material holds up: taut, funny, and ribboned.
"Party Punks" Sculpture Club recently signed with Born Losers Records, and they're kicking it off with a new era, transitioning from the aura of The Smiths into the fleeting emotions of The Cure. The 80's Romcom-esque single "Cursed or Hexed" is paired with a single shot music video featuring an abundance of glitter and poppy 80's synth.
