A weekly post highlighting but a few of our favorite new releases in splendid alphabetical order, brief and (hopefully) informative. There’s a lot of great music out every week and these are but some of the many we think you should check out.

A duet between atmospheric metal act Sumac, and poet, activist and sound collage artist Moor Mother, The Film is an easy alliance that deals with uneasy subject matter, an edict of a post-modern colonial pressure cooker in dense throbbing textures.  

YHWH Nailgun has an economical prowess that bases everything that's going on around their drums and make the kinds of albums that oftentimes reflect more on what you desire and whether you trust your ears enough to lead you there. 45 Pounds is a strong contender for the real early 2024 rock album to have an opinion on.

Michele Boscacci aka Merli Armisa makes hazy, homespun dream pop. The Sondrio, Italy-based guitarist’s off-kilter tunes hit just out of focus, brimming with a lo-fi microtonalities that bring a dynamic edge to the genre’s hypnagogic textures. Today, we’re excited to premiere Merli Armisa’s excellent new double single “Koto”/“Al Cader Dela Giornata.”

While Bambara’s previous albums offered an exquisite mix of noise rock violence with bluesy tenderness, Birthmarks combines the two into an icey and precise slab of spine-chilling noirish decadence. Post-Trash’s Devin Birse sat down with Bambara to talk about what motivated Birthmarks’ sound, and the research behind its complex tale of murder, love, and reincarnation.

SAVAK are getting ready to release their seventh full length, SQUAWK!. Their veteran status is evident from the jump - there’s a clear focus to the songwriting, reaching into post-hardcore’s most earnest elements and just enough “college rock” jangle to keep things breezy.

The Ophelias are no longer a scrappy Cincinnati quartet, and they have the accolades to prove it. On their fourth album, lead singer Spencer Peppet sharpens her visceral storytelling skills to confront old ghosts and untangle conversations she only accessed in her dreams. Emotive and intimate, each of the thirteen tracks explores emotions far beyond heartbreak, instead touching on personal transformation and queer joy.

Hypothetics is a truly promising young band. Their sound feels distinct and malleable, bringing old melancholies to the light of day through a diverse sonic palette. The Crossing often feels like a distinct poetic world unto itself.

Welcome to FUZZY MEADOWS, where we recap the past week in music. We're sharing our favorite releases of the week in the form of albums, singles, and music videos along with the "further listening" section of new and notable releases from around the web.

Parallels EP’s blurry presentation, its delightfully melodic shifts, and stark lingering moods create an intentionally deceptive listen. It’s an expansion on what the band has pushed forward, with so many manners of change and growth that are worth looking into as they progress. Minor Conflict are always looking for spaces where positive growth and newfound insights intersect.

She’s Green set themselves apart in the current shoegaze wave. The Minneapolis project’s dynamic blend of the genre’s prettiest and heaviest elements is all-consuming and highly intentional. They pull off bold, anthemic dream pop without ever sounding the slightest bit corny. 

Witch Victim are completely undaunted by their own lineage. The Calgary band shares a family tree with some of the city’s best psych and post-punk acts, yet here they are, dropping one of the early contenders for 2025’s most beautiful records.

Richmond duo Suped Up is former Antiphons lead Brian Dove and Diet Cig drummer Noah Bowman. The band’s super-charged super-pop is first-thought, best thought in action. “No Ghost No Problem” is an existentialist plea for complete nonexistence: not now, not later, not ever.

A weekly post highlighting but a few of our favorite new releases in splendid alphabetical order, brief and (hopefully) informative. There’s a lot of great music out every week and these are but some of the many we think you should check out.

Avery Friedman’s debut LP New Thing wants to scratch under the surface, to look at and feel the sensations of the unknown. The album is feeling its way forward, presenting some of its findings along the way, and showing them with sound that is curious about life, discovery, and taking that leap into what is unseen. 

Alexandra Zakharenko’s music rustles with field recordings, spectral vocal traces, and the physicality of space in an endless pursuit of the true self. The St. Petersburg-born, Berlin-based artist chatted with Post Trash’s Aly Eleanor last November about soul bonds, taking your time, intimacy, jazz, and more.

Anika changes things up quite a bit with Abyss. Her newest album is a departure from her normal style and sound, exploring more grunge and alternative rock. This monumental change in style works magnificently, as Abyss is her best record to date.

Whelpwisher’s Same Mistakes sees no need to bury technical skill beneath complexity. Ben Grigg is a songwriter who can seemingly churn out effervescent rock songs in his sleep. Whelpwisher is like the Chicago fuzz-pop Santa leaving songs at your front door. Same Mistakes is just the latest gift to arrive.

Tlooth’s 2024 single signaled their impending reinvention, one of melody, restraint, and a bit more cohesion to their reinvigorated push-pull formula. Today, we’re premiering the leadoff cut “Too Calm” from their self-titled full length, an immediately gripping opener for fans of Sonic Youth, early Polvo, and finding the hook-in-the-hubbub. 

It was always the longest of long shots, but suddenly, against all conceivable odds, a second golden age of The Jesus Lizard is underway. The revered noise-punk outfit returned last year after a near 30-year absence with a beastly new album, a protracted tour, and now an EP of yet more material.

Momma is back and they’re putting up a fight. Momma has always written about relationships, but on Welcome to My Blue Sky, they face their romantic pitfalls with greater introspection.

Welcome to FUZZY MEADOWS, where we recap the past week in music. We're sharing our favorite releases of the week in the form of albums, singles, and music videos along with the "further listening" section of new and notable releases from around the web.

A weekly post highlighting but a few of our favorite new releases in splendid alphabetical order, brief and (hopefully) informative. There’s a lot of great music out every week and these are but some of the many we think you should check out.

Tunic’s A Harmony of Loss Has Been Sung is a meatgrinder of syncopated distortion, clarity of grief, unfiltered lyrics, raw textured instruments, and hard hitting repetition. It’s no wonder this album of disparate sensations provides a release, a mode of muted catharsis as the sound they produce scratches at the air, grasping for it.

fantasy of a broken heart heralds their newest EP Chaos Practitioner as “the best stuff we’ve ever made,” which is a bold, yet exciting claim for a band who put out one of the most innovative debut albums of 2024.

All of your anger is actually shame (and I bet that makes you angry), is the sound of frustration and apathy. Not only does the title adroitly communicate the cyclical demise of unavoidable frustration of spiral thought, but the songs themselves—noisy, harsh, unrelenting in their acrimony pack each song with cool detachment. 

Zach Phillips seems to always be looking for new ways to expand his musical horizons. True Music, his latest solo record, finds Phillips going as minimalistic as possible. True Music is a wonderful exploration of simplicity and shows that sometimes less is more.

One would guess that Young Widows returning after an eleven-year hiatus would be a plot twist worthy of making the affable Kentuckian smile. But that’s not it. Or, more accurately, that’s not just it. After decades of mental health challenges, Patterson finally feels—dare he say it—happy.    

Welcome to FUZZY MEADOWS, where we recap the past week in music. We're sharing our favorite releases of the week in the form of albums, singles, and music videos along with the "further listening" section of new and notable releases from around the web.

A near-constant touring schedule and devastating losses shaped Lily Seabird’s breakthrough album, Alas,. Now firmly anchored by a strong community of local Burlington musicians and a tight circle of friends, her third album, Trash Mountain is a testament to her growth and self-assurance.