So Totally - "In The Shape Of..." | Album Review
On the whole, in the shape of... doesn’t latch directly onto any single genre. So Totally comically tagged “fuck a genre” on the album’s Bandcamp page. They’ve drawn influence from a wide range of subgenres and experiment with creating massive walls-of-sound, incorporating field recorded clips, and blurring contrasted audio qualities together.
Fuzzy Meadows: The Week's Best New Music (May 20th - May 26th)
Damn Teeth - "Real Control" | Post-Trash Premiere
Sass - "Chew Toy" LP | Post-Trash Premiere
Full of Hell - "Weeping Choir" | Album Review
Flesh Panthers - "Holy Roller" LP | Post-Trash Premiere
The band’s new full-length record, Holy Roller, reveals a more relaxed and reflective side. They’re still channeling the Stones, but this time around it’s much more like the country blues of the band’s late-60s era. While they stay true to their rebellious rock roots, they’ve tempered with a tinge of wistfulness — as if their living room guitars drank too much wine.
The Mad Doctors - "Truancy Man" | Post-Trash Premiere
It’s been six sweaty years of fuzzy bliss for Brooklyn’s The Mad Doctors but it would appear all good things must come to end. The trio are calling it quits and we mourn the pending loss of a unique presence in Brooklyn’s punk circles, one that always remained a beacon for DIY, void of posturing and pretension.
Holding Patterns - "Endless" | Album Review
halfsour - "Sticky" LP | Post-Trash Premiere
She Keeps Bees - "Kinship" | Album Review
The power of She Keeps Bees lies in the nuance, the understated. It’s Jessica Larrabee’s vocals moving like smoke over Andy LaPlant’s kindling crackling drum beats. It’s intimate music. A quiet rage that is intoxicating, inviting the listener in, leaving them unguarded for the jabs and barbs that come their way through the music.
France Camp - "Dark Floral" EP | Post-Trash Premiere
This is an EP you can skate to. This is an EP you can bake and get baked to. This EP will ask for your number and then be cool with you if you turn it down, and eventually become a pretty cool friend. Dark Floral is France Camps fourth release overall, and their second on label extraordinaire Forged Artifacts.
Claire Cronin - "Wolfman" | Post-Trash Premiere
The poetic verses of Claire Cronin’s gothic folk music unfolds with patience and haunting prose. Big Dread Moon, Cronin’s upcoming album on Orindal Records, is full of delicate compositions with lyrical themes that tend to stray into frightening worlds of beasts in the dark, fever dreams, and suspended reality.
USA Nails - "Life Cinema" | Album Review
Operator Music Band - "Squaresoft b/w Cowboys" | Post-Trash Premiere
Dust From 1000 Yrs - "Born To Itch" LP | Post-Trash Premiere
Less than a year later Dust is back with Born To Itch, a new full length due out tomorrow, May 21st via Bone’s own SHYB imprint. After playing some stunning banjo on Puppy Problems’ album, he’s picked it up again for his own record, paying homage to outlaw country and the great wide open West with a dampened twang, gothic folk, and an eerie resolve.
Emma Ruth Rundle - "On Dark Horses" | Album Review
2016’s Marked for Death was hard to follow, and Emma Ruth Rundle certainly rose to the challenge with her latest solo record, On Dark Horses. Out on Sargent House, the album is lyrically lighter and musically heavier than its predecessor, concerning itself with themes and symbols of racing, running, and the freedom of wide open spaces.
Fuzzy Meadows: The Week's Best New Music (May 6th - May 19th)
Model Zero - "Mr. Soul" (Buffalo Springfield cover) | Post-Trash Premiere
Model Zero are a new band from Memphis with plenty of familiar faces, comprised of members of Ex-Cult, Aquarian Blood, and The Sheiks. Set to released their self-titled debut album on May 31st via Slovenly Records and Black Gladiator, the band play a dark and creepy blend of post-punk, no wave, and garage punk that feels at home in Memphis but could just as easily be made on another planet altogether.
