Every Friday before work I dig through new albums that are being released for stuff to listen to. This time, I made some really quick notes as I sifted through my queue and I figured I should… do something with them. I’m not much of a writer these days, so trying to describe a record or an artist concisely is something I want to get better at. Let me know if this is useful… or if you enjoyed anything here, or if you have recommendations for me you can always hit me up on Twitter.
Anyway, here’s some stuff I’ve been listening to that dropped on October 29th, 2021:
Kyary Pamyu Pamyu's Candy Racer: technicolor kaleidoscopic Japanese pop; wildly fun and catchy.
Lone's Always Inside Your Head: 8th album from Nottingham-raised musician/DJ/producer Matt Cutler; textural electronic music with ambient, drum and bass, house and techno elements. A vibe.
Former Member's Manageable Scratches: Former member (get it) of legendary punk bands Jason Shevchuk (Kid Dynamite & None More Black) releases an album equally influenced by 70s rock as it is 90s punk-pop.
Lunar Vacation's Inside Every Fig is a Dead Wasp: Lush, lightly psychedelic and hooky indie rock from Atlanta, Georgia; sparks of caustic 90s rock and indie-folk liven up the corners.
Oruã's Íngreme: Brazilian experimental indie-rock meets acid jazz meets psychedelia; fuzzy and hazy but catchy and immediate with elements of neo-psych-rock.
Fortitude Valley's Self-Titled: power-pop, indie-pop, pop punk and indie rock collide; press release namechecks influences such as Weezer, Belle & Sebastian, The Beths, The Weakerthans, and Pavement.
Swim Camp's Fishing in a Small Boat: beautiful grey-day bedroom-indie LP; Recommended if you like slowcore, hazy days, catchy melodies buried in sand, someone playing midwestern emo indie-pop on a fuzzy boombox somewhere over the horizon.
That’s it, that’s all. Be excellent to one other.