With their latest album, Hand Is Bad, out September 29th via Amish Records, the band seem to have peeled things down to a place somewhere between no wave and ambiance. The songs are as much about texture as they are anything abrasive, with room to breath, room to wander. It’s clean but lurking in the shadow.
With widescreen guitars that encapsulate everything like molasses coming down a mountain, Mums play it loud and heavy, but slow dripped and soaked in primal melodies. Guitars threaten to come apart at the seems, the fuzz blistering in all directions, recalling the joy in sustained decay and raw pop that we’ve come to associate with bands like Part Chimp, Torche, and Cherubs.
Having previously released albums under Corinna Rose, Corey Gulkin, a songwriter based out of Montréal, is leaving the guise behind, opting to release their music under their given name, shedding old habits to begin with a new mindset. Half Moon, out October 6th via Anything Bagel Records is an intricate and personal record.
With Lost four months old and a handful of dates together with Pile kicking off early next month, Life In Vacuum are set to release “Lately,” the first in a string of Lost b-sides. “Lately” touches on the band’s most caustic side, the heavy riff and the skronky density of the rhythm balance between a pop sheen and bouncy sludge.
Moving with a syrupy and laconic grace, Helenor careen through pop hooks and captivating melodies to blown out fuzz and lush arrangements. There’s a lot to take in, but never at the expense of Dave DiAngelis' poetic songwriting at the core. Their latest single “Warm Ways” gets a great new video, animated by Jack Quinn.
Sprain put out their debut album in September of 2020, a bleak and grinding affair that mostly consisted of angular riffs, crawling tempos, and walls of feedback. While the pandemic kept them from touring upon its release, as restrictions eased, they toured the US, all the while working on their follow-up The Lamb as Effigy, which is out September 1st via The Flenser. Alex Kent spoke to Post-Trash about the album and the process behind it.
Philadelphia-based quartet Phil Spector’s Gun is making raw and riffy rock n roll music. Fronted by Kevin Brusha, alongside Charlie Bones (Mt. Mostly), Zack Bowan (Bad History Month), and Sean Clark (Curse Reverser), they’ve been performing live for a few years now, and their studio debut Highway 61 Exploded is due out 11/3 via BLIGHT. Records.
Set to release their self-titled debut EP on September 15th via Iron Lung Records, the record provides the perfect soundtrack for a burning world, not necessarily embracing the madness but kicking against it. The quartet are watching the death and destruction of society with a balled up fist, setting a torch to polite expectations.
After a decade together, Tallahassee’s Night Witch have decided to call it quits, but not before they share a new record and embark on a farewell tour this Fall. That record, Host Body, is the band’s third full length, a blistering and brutal feminist hardcore record comprised of eight songs in just under nine chaotic minutes.
After five increasingly fantastic albums, Melbourne’s EXEK have undoubtably staked their claim as one of this generation’s most forward thinking post-punk bands. Set to release The Map and The Territory on October 6th via Foreign Records, the band’s lush synth explorations continue to be dazzlingly muted but fully immersive.
Fred Cracklin are about as relentless and absurd as one could hope for from a band called Fred Cracklin. A guitar and drums math-noise duo in the vein of Hella and Lightning Bolt, they’ve released three albums since 2018, and are now back with the song “Head Meet Concrete,” their first release since their 2021 split with First Children.
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.
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).
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.
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.
“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.
