New Music Friday: July 5th, 2024
New day, new tunes, new playlist.
Hello! Happy new music day. Not much to say here other than I hope y’all are listening to some good music. What are you excited to listen to this afternoon? What should be on my radar that isn’t on this list?
Let me know!
I wrote about The Dreaded Laramie previously, but today their full length has dropped in its entirety. It’s a power-pop indie-rock breakup record with big hooks and big guitar harmonies. Produced and engineered by someone who worked with PUP so it has that big, big sound for sure. I'm a sucker for the huge riff hook-laden power-pop thing so this lands on the higher end of above average for me. I always end up reaching for this kind of thing, so I imagine I'll be back again.
The debut (as far as I can tell) LP from Lesser Halves gives me big-time Options vibes, so I need to prioritize that one. According to bandcamp: features members of Duck. Little Brother Duck!, Caravels, U SCO, and Softskills.
The Ergs! release their Steve Albini (RIP) remixed version of seminal modern pop punk masterpiece dorkrockcorkrod today, and it sounds great (unsurprisingly.)
And some quick notes of the albums that piqued my interest here:
Pascagoula sounds like some real solid noise rock to me.
There’s a few death metal related releases today, but Cryptic Hatred sounded the most interesting to me upon sampling.
Rhinestone Pickup Truck is a very good name and it’s on PNKSLM which I feel like I know mostly for blown-out buzzy pop music. Will have to try it out.
I know I’ve heard Bacchae before (post-punk stuff, right?) so the familiarity with the name plus releasing on Get Better records means I will definitely make time for it.
As always, please reach out on the hellsite if you’d like or better yet join the Rosy Overdrive Discord server where I can be found now and again. You can also find me in the corners of Rate Your Music scrounging for obscure emo, hardcore, indie-rock and pop-punk.
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.
⛏️ Life Is Funny by The Dreaded Laramie off Princess Feedback (Smartpunk Records)
🔝 Lake Mead by Lesser Halves off The Gold, the Rush, the Rot, the Rust (Rain Again)
🔝 Extra Medium by The Ergs! off dorkrockcorkrod (20th Anniversary Steve Albini Remix) (Don Giovanni Records)
🌱 Freedom by Armor off Afraid of What's to Come (11 PM Records)
Who Dies if England Lives by Subdued off Abattoir (La Vida Es Un Mus Discos)
🌱 Cooler Talk by Bacchae off Next Time (Get Better Records)
🌱 Better Off by Rhinestone Pickup Truck off Self Deprecation At Hourly Rates (PNKSLM Recordings)
🌱 For Self Defence by Pascagoula off For Self Defence (Human Worth)
Spider Legs by Wild Powwers off Pop Hits & Total Bummers, Vol. 5 (Nadine)
Bazo Banga by KOKOKO! off BUTU (Transgressive)
🌱 Homicidal Intentions by Cryptic Hatred off Internal Torment (Time To Kill Records)
Brave by Ghost Fan Club off Ghost Fan Club (knifepunch records)
Swim by Christina's Trip off Forever After (Cherub Dream Records)
This is the Part that's Too Hard to Explain by Future Star off It's About Time! (Mint Records)
HYbr:ID Sync Inter by alva noto off HYbr:ID III (NOTON)
Burst by Kiasmos & Ólafur Arnalds & Janus Rasmussen off II (Erased Tapes)
That’s it, that’s all. Be excellent to one other.
Always love this post. There's always plenty of diversity, which I really appreciate. Especially enjoyed that KOKOKO! and that last Icelandic track!