Happy new music Friday! Hope you’re having a good week. Not a lot to update here, except that I seem to be getting new followers and subscribers at a nice and slow but steady pace. Glad to have you here!
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Here’s some stray thoughts as I organize my listening day:
Have been a big fan of the previous Chat Pile releases, so I’m prioritizing their latest one Cool World this morning.
I’m not as ravenous a fan of Touché Amoré as some people, but they’re definitely one of those bands I dig and will check out whatever they release.
Some new to me stuff that caught my ear:
Mutant Academy sounds like some good hip hop to me, and the Quelle Chris feature seals the deal.
Stumbled across this Idiot album in the new release bin this morning, has a punk-by-way-of-noise-rock thing going on. Sounds intriguing.
o’summer vacation are listed as art punk / noise stuff from Japan, sounds right up my alley so far.
The Lipschitz has a bit of an art / egg punk thing going on, skewed indie rock and noodly synths. Some of the dueling vocals remind me a pinch of the now-defunct Richmond band VCR.
Black Ends describe themselves as “gunk pop”, so I should probably hear what that’s all about.
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.
🔝 The Recipe by Gut Health off Stiletto (Highly Contagious)
🔝 Disasters by Touché Amoré off Spiral In A Straight Line (Rise Records)
🔝 Bent by Black Ends off Psychotic Spew (Youth Riot Records)
⛏️ Funny Man by Chat Pile off Cool World (The Flenser)
🔝 Liberation by Mutant Academy off Keep Holly Alive (Roc Nation Distribution)
🔝 Oh! Intimidation by Idiot off IDIOT (Riff Engine)
🔝 Rage by o'summer vacation off Electronic Eye (Alien Transistor)
🌱 scar by Blue Zero off colder shade blue (Lower Grand Tapes)
🌱 watch me by The Lipschitz off Plinth (Co. Bus.)
🌱 Zeppa Rafaela by Smoke Bellow off Structurally Sound (Moon Glyph)
🌱 Goatbrain by Goat off Goat (Rocket Recordings)
Coward by Ritchot Textiles off i (DRMILMA)
Go Now by Lust Online off Go Outside (Inscrutable Records)
🌱 Do Not Go Gentle by Toby the Tiger off Demapper (Peligroso es Mi Nombre Medio)
Try by Picture That off Strum (Inscrutable Records)
🌱 Hautatuuli by Oranssi Pazuzu off Muuntautuja (Nuclear Blast)
Fool To Ride by Jamison Field Murphy off It Has To End (Ramp Local)
🌱 No Obligation by The Linda Lindas off No Obligation (Epitaph)
INSTANT TRANSFER (feat. billy woods) by E L U C I D off REVELATOR (Fat Possum)
Slow Burn by Delta Sleep off Blue Garden (Many Hats Distribution)
Whiteout by envy off Eunoia (Temporary Residence Ltd.)
A Little More Time by Cast Of Thousands off Third House (Cast Of Thousands)
Who Does Your Daddy Sell His Guns To? by Faze off Big Upsetter (11PM Records)
Drive & Drive by hemlock off 444 (hemlock)
The Optimistic Wrench by UV-TV off The Optimistic Wrench (PaperCup Music)
Us Two by Tourist & Gold Panda off Us Two (Monday Records)
2002 by Obsoletion off Obsoletion (Sentient Ruin Laboratories)
Hatchback by Slack Times off Gone Things (Meritorio Records)
Ready by Ariella off CryBaby (Lauren Records)
Still OK by Healees off Coin De L'œil (Healees)
a window by figure eight off S/T (Cherub Dream Records)
Push Forward by commuter off Guilt Eraser (commuter)
Kozak by Błoto off Grzybnia (Astigmatic Records)
That’s it, that’s all. Be excellent to one other.
That Chat Pile album is superb. The new Goat is pretty darn good too!
Excellent stuff as always, cheers Dan. I like what I've heard of Burnt Ends and I'm very much looking forward to seeing Goat next month!