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ALBUM OF THE WEEK: Goat Girl - "Below The Waste"
Goat Girl’s third album Below the Waste is their first as a trio, but they’ve developed a sound that might take upwards of ten musicians to recreate, where folk textures and gorgeous harmonies are polluted by a sludge of dreary post-punk. It runs a hefty sixteen songs and with this there’s variety and experimentation in spades.
Babe Report Share The Influences Behind "Did You Get Better"
Last month saw Babe Report release Did You Get Better, an album that mixes fuzzy punk and alternative rock with unpredictable turns. It’s a ripper through and through. The band were kind enough to give us some insight into the music that influenced their writing, from Parliament and Black Sabbath to R.E.M. and Yo La Tengo.
Habibi - "Dreamachine" | Album Review
New to Habibi’s highly regarded catalog is the visionary Dreamachine – an embodiment of maturity and self-exploration. The Brooklyn band return with a softer and more melodic groove, letting us in with more vulnerability than ever before. They present a different side of their sound, giving room for a sonic evolution and greater depth.
Mint Field - "Una flor sin interior" | Post-Trash Premiere
Hot off the heels of their breakthrough full length Aprender a Ser, the buzzing Mexico City duo Mint Field have hit us with a “pero espera, hay más.” Aprender a Ser Extended is a mini-LP composed of songs from the band’s initial Aprender sessions that were intentionally set aside to assist with listener digestion.
Crumb - "AMAMA" | Album Review
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Post-Trash's Mid-Year Report 2024
Neutrals - "New Town Dream" | Album Review
In 1946, the New Towns Act was passed in the UK, and in 2024, the Bay Area jangle-rockers Neutrals released New Town Dream, via Slumberland / Static Shock Records. It might seem strange to think that something that happened 77 years ago and over 5,000 miles away could lead to a new album, but stranger things have happened.
Lightheaded - "Combustible Gems" | Album Review
hemlock - “Drive & Drive b/w Hyde Park” | Post-Trash Premiere
“Drive & Drive” and “Hyde Park,” the lead double single to hemlock’s upcoming record 444, are the first full band re-recordings of choice cuts from hemlock’s song-a-day-a-month series. If there was ever a time to tune into the project, it would be this very instant, because hemlock in full band mode is most certainly the real deal.
Out This Week | Post-Trash Highlights
ALBUM OF THE WEEK: SUMAC - "The Healer"
The scope and grandeur of The Healer begs comparison to an epic novel or a film auteur’s masterpiece making it impossible to distill its essence into one catchy tagline. Which is the point. At 76 minutes, it’s oceanic, a leviathan of tones, tempos, and motifs which run the gamut of improvisational noise, sludge, meditative pastorals, and some straight-up heart-palpitating riffs.
Everything in Opposition: Geoff Barrow on Beak> and the Lessons Learned from 30 years Wrestling the Music Industry
If you’ve never listened to Beak>, >>>> is an ideal introduction. It’s a showcase of Geoff Barrow’s idiosyncratic vision of music—part psych, part prog, all strange. The album, which Billy Fuller, Will Young, and Barrow wrote together, carries an exciting air of improvisation, even while it’s clear that the music is painstakingly deliberate. What follows is our free-ranging conversation about all things Beak> and how Barrow’s experiences in the industry shaped one of music’s most unusual bands.
Amiture - "Mother Engine" | Album Review
“I know my shit is pure” are the first words echoed across Amiture’s second LP, Mother Engine. They pierce through the mix like a spectral echo past the driving beats and sleazy blues licks. It’s a statement of intent, the band's “shit is pure,” it’s a unique vision of trip-hop a world away from the dancey post-punk of their debut The Beach.
Bad Cough - "Good Cough, Bad Cough" EP | Post-Trash Premiere
Comprised of Maia Mara (Halfsour), Adam Berkowitz (Kal Marks, Ex-Breathers), Travis Hagan (Halfsour, Pleaser), and Jenna Lemieux, the band are no strangers to the more nuanced side of indie rock, which makes Bad Cough’s debut all the more delightful. The band present an unhinged kind of ramshackle fuzz punk, heavy but undeniably fun.
Luxury Apartments - "Luxury Apartments" | Album Review
After some years working the London venue circuit, their self-titled debut album is finally here. It has certainly prompted anticipation, as the band is now tasked with differentiating themselves from scores of other bedhead-riddled punk bands. The methodology behind it all is simply a case of taking things back to basics.