Fuzzy Meadows: The Week's Best New Music (September 21st - October 4th)
Godcaster - "Long Haired Locusts" | Album Review
Heir Traffic - "The Roman Road / The Bellows" | Post-Trash Premiere
Heir Traffic’s double single “The Roman Road / The Bellows” continues the Melbourne band’s dip into discordant post-punk. Recorded in Frankston by keyboardist Joe Nurrish, the singles strive to encapsulate their live performances - Mitchell spitting his poetic rambles, ever complimented by a barrage of drums and guitar.
Bartees Strange - "Live Forever" | Album Review
Suitor - "To Water" | Post-Trash Premiere
Ben Eisenberger - "See You On The Other Side" | Post-Trash Premiere
Bleary Eyed - "Spectre Run" | Album Review
Death Bells - "New Signs of Life" | Album Review
The record is an extremely well polished transformation for the band. It is a power house of hooky guitar melodies and bright 80s synth sounds, rounded out perfectly with the definitive baritone of Canning. They also seamlessly incorporate brass instrumentation on the album, harkening back to their Australian predecessors, INXS.
Tongue Party - "I Can Shit Anywhere" Video | Post-Trash Premiere
Slight Of - "Other People" | Album Review
Along with its catchy classic rock melodies, the sophomore record from Slight Of - the project of New York indie rocker Jim Hill - sets itself apart in its outward-looking stance. That said, Other People’s lyrics may be character-driven, but what makes it such an interesting study isn’t necessarily the subjects.
Power Trip - "Live in Seattle 05.28.2018" | Album Review
Profligate - "Too Numb To Know" | Album Review
MEH - "What's It To You Anyway?" | Post-Trash Premiere
MEH, the fantastic lo-fi fuzz pop band comprised of members of Nopes, are getting ready to release their latest, Big Soft. Due out October 2nd via Chicago’s Maximum Pelt, it’s another warm and welcoming record of warbling tunes and folk inspired slacker rock, built on the gentle moments but still pushing into the red every now and then.
Land of Talk - "Indistinct Conversations" | Album Review
Tang - "Next Stop, Willoughby" | Post-Trash Premiere
Sometimes everything you need is within sight. Sometimes the best decisions are the ones that come without overthinking. Both of the sentiments rings true on Tang’s upcoming album The Quiet Earth. Due September 29th, the collection finds Peter Connelly once again taking a solo approach to his band, and they’ve never sounded better.
Lomelda - "Hannah" | Album Review
Hannah Read is not interested in diaristic revelations, even as she embraces Hannah over Lomelda. Many of the best records find a way to show rather than tell, but Hannah finds a way to feel without explanation and in turn, pass that feeling onto us, in all its disjointed, nonsensical, and wonderful complexities, as revelatory as you can get.
Fuzzy Meadows: The Week's Best New Music (August 31st - September 20th)
Kal Marks - "Lite" | Album Review
The songs on LITE have already been released on previous albums by Kal Marks with the clarity of full studio production. LITE is a collection of demos made on what the band describes as a “shitty tascam 4 track cassette” performed by front-man Carl Shane, singing, and playing guitar with his songwriting prowess on full display.
No Joy - "Motherhood" | Album Review
Motherhood, the first full-length LP from No Joy in five years, is genre-mixing ear candy. Still here are the shoegaze influences, but they are sweetly complimented by everything from nu-metal to chamber pop. Now appearing as a solo endeavor, Jasamine White-Gluz seems to expand the project's horizons.