New Music Friday: August 2nd, 2024

New day, new tunes, new playlist.

What’s up? Hope your week is going well. If you haven’t checked it out already, I posted a big ol’ list of reviews earlier this week for your perusal.

As for today, here’s what I’ve got after digging through the new release bin.

• I’ve reviewed the new “mini-EP” from Footballhead already on the site. I like it quite a bit and will be circling back to listen to it some more this week for sure.

• Power-pop fans have some records to dive into with the new Teenage Tom Petties and the crunchy Weezer/Rozwell Kid-esque COWBOY BOY.

• Caught a song off that Pixey album this morning and the hazy widescreen pop hooks piqued my interest for sure.

• Assumed that a band named Blood was going to be hardcore or metal or something but sounds more like indie rock to me, will have to give it a whirl.

• Also reviewed DNB/Jungle act Kloke earlier this year. They’re back with “an 8 track voyage into the outer reaches of Jungle’s far reaching atmosphere.” Sounds good to me.

What are you excited to listen to? What am I missing from my list? Let me know!

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Legend:

• ⛏️ pick of the week.

• 🔝 albums I’m placing at the top of my stack today.

• 🌱 albums I’m intrigued by and want to take a closer listen to soon.

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1. ⛏️ Stupefied by Footballhead off Before I Die (Tiny Engines)

2. 🔝 TV for a Reason by Blood off Loving You Backwards (Ramp Local)

3. 🔝 How Are You Peeling? by Swami John Reis off All Of This Awaits You (Rise Records)

4. 🔝 Handstands For Your Love by Teenage Tom Petties off Teenage Tom Petties (Safe Suburban Home Records)

5. 🔝 Nice Girl by COWBOY BOY off Lipstick On A Pig (Get Better Records)

6. Dogear by J.R.C.G. off Grim Iconic...(Sadistic Mantra) (Sub Pop Records)

7. 🌱 What You Wear by True Optimist off Mental Health (Self Aware Records)

8. HUMBLE ME by Killer Mike off Michael & The Mighty Midnight Revival, Songs For Sinners And Saints (Loma Vista Recordings)

9. Low Threshold by Navy Blue off Memoirs In Armour (Freedom Sounds)

10. Confrere by Poison Ruïn off Confrere (Relapse Records)

11. Dreamscaper by Seawind of Battery off East Coast Cosmic Dreamscaper (WarHen Records)

12. Moral Decay by Doldrey off Only Death Is Eternal (Pulverised Records)

13. Round by Personal Trainer off Still Willing (Bella Union)

14. Surf Camp by TIFFY off 2 (TIFFY)

15. Sinking by Horse Doctor off a place for us (Self Released)

16. 🌱 Million Dollar Baby by Pixey off Million Dollar Baby (Chess Club Records)

17. Arrows by Box Elder off Between Endings And Beginnings (Wheelbite Records)

18. Ruby Church by X off Smoke & Fiction (Fat Possum)

19. Dollarama by Loidis off One Day (Incienso (EU))

20. 🌱 Underneath The Horrendous One by Carnophage off Matter of a Darker Nature (Transcending Obscurity Records)

21. 🌱 Synchronicity by Kloke off The Cosmik Connection: Lost Tape (Unknown to The Unknown)

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That’s it, that’s all. Be excellent to one other.

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