Due out on November 4th via Hex Records (Still/Form, Multicult), Making Friends’ is dense and well… unfriendly music, revolving around deep low end, a primal sense of dread, and harsh rhythmic fury. They teeter between noise rock and grunge in a way similar to Helmet or Unsane, bulking up their scourge with sustaining melodies.
The world is about to get more Smirk, as Nick Vicario (Crisis Man, Public Eye, Cemento) returns with his first true full length, Material. Due out November 18th via Feel It Records, the album is a whirlwind of twangy post-punk and raw garage rock, picking up somewhere between The Gun Club and a dizzyingly raw knack for basement punk.
For Squirm Records, a new label founded by the members of New York duo Gorgeous, the catalyst of the label is Anyhow, the solo project of Asheville’s Matt Giegerich. A screenwriter and USA Today bestselling mystery author by trade, Longtime Sunshine is Giegerich’s full length debut as Anyhow, due out November 11th.
Fans of bands such as Night Sins, Old Moon, and The Cure, assemble! One of Boston's best alternative bands, The True Faith’s upcoming LP, Go To Ground, is just around the corner in January 2023. "Feet Held To The Fire" immediately gives you a floating sensation and feeling of romanticizing heartbreak through Travis Benson's yearning vocals.
Quagga is the project of Philadelphia’s Josh Mackie, a musician and artist best known as a member of Gunk and Dark Mtns, among a cavalcade of other increasingly experimental projects. In the past six years, he’s released over fourteen releases, and he’s got a new album, 77.7FM "The Spirit”, due out November 18th via Strange Mono.
London’s Shake Chain make “unhinged” music. That really isn’t up for debate, and the band prove it throughout their upcoming debut album, Snake Chain, due out November 18th via Upset The Rhythm. While the sound of their music is nestled snuggly within the energetic side of post-punk, it’s vocalist Kate Mahony that really sets the band apart.
It feels like Glenn Donaldson plucks his songs out of mid-air. The hyper-prolific San Franciscan’s latest project, The Reds, Pinks and Purples, continues the tradition of catchy Bay Area pop. The second single from the upcoming Slumberland mini-LP, They Only Wanted Your Soul allows Donaldson’s bitter assertion to cut through clearly.
Set to release a new record in 2023, Tedward are sharing their latest single, “Ablona,” a song about a pilgrimage to see a rare performance from a favorite band in a fictional Ohio town. From the warped pull of the overdrive to the sweetened vocal melody, Terence Lee sets an immediate tone, capturing the lo-fi fuzz and melodic heft.
In anticipation for their upcoming hometown show and the Pavement dates, Weak Signal are sharing a video for WAR&WAR’s “Consolation,” one of the record’s more ominous tracks. The track itself, while subdued and shadowy, takes influence in the opposite, derived from a Simone Weil quote, “Love is not consolation. It is light.”
With the band’s sophomore album, Circuitous, out October 28th via Flemish Eye (Preoccupations, The Besnard Lakes), they’ve once again made another stride forward, embracing hooks that snap into place, fitting unlikely pieces together in a way that’s easily digestible. The album’s second single “Redefine” is a perfect example.
Following last year’s great debut EP and follow-up single, Melbourne quintet Delivery are set to release their full length debut, Forever Giving Handshakes. Due out November 11th via Feel It Records (US), Anti Fade Records and Spoilsport Records, the band take their already buzzing formula and up the ante with their best set of songs yet.
Just in case you thought two albums had expended Green/Blue’s recorded output for the year, they return with “Worry / Gimme Hell,” a pair of singles originally recorded during the Paper Thin sessions. Due out digitally today via Feel It Records (with a 7” to follow), the songs strip back the band’s coiled burn for something decidedly more garage.
It’s been three decades in the making but Skin Graft Records’ 150th release is upon us. In celebration of no. 150, Skin Graft is set to release, Sounds To Make You Shudder, a Halloween compilation featuring Skin Graft artists past, present, and future, with new music from USA Nail, Yowie + David Yow, Jim O’Rourke, .Shatter On Impact, and more.
