Quick Hits: February 1st, 2022
Spinning recommendations in heavy rotation.
Quick Hits from The Discover Tab is an on-going capsule-reviews series which covers music I’m currently listening to - short, and to the point for your reading pleasure. Enjoy!
Hey, it’s me I’m back again with more stuff I’ve been listening to. I had a week off work, and my mornings on weekdays are where I usually get the most of my digital crate-sifting and listening in. I wasn’t able to make my weekly new release playlist on Friday, so I made a point on Monday and Tuesday morning to circle back and see what I missed out on.
Let me know on Twitter what you’ve been hearing, enjoying, loving, whether it’s a new album or an old favourite. Hope you have a nice Tuesday afternoon, and that you find something good to listen to.
Green/Blue - Offering (2022, HoZac)
The excited hook-scrounging of “Just Enough Hip…”-era BRONCHO collides with buzzy aughts-era blog-rock (itself a collision of dreampop, shoegaze, post-punk basslines and a pile of reverb pedals thrown in a cave.)
deathcrash - Return (2022, Untitled Recs Limited)
Take a bit of Duster, some Mineral, and blend together with post-rock’s theatrics, pulsing in a sludgy, doomy aggression every five to ten minutes. I really dug this record and have a feeling it’ll really be a sleeper hit for me personally throughout 2022.
Daydrunks - When You Talk To Me (2022, Self-released)
Anthemic indie-emo-pop by way of twee-jangle throwback bands; balances plucky melodies with bittersweet emotion as confidently as the walk of a designated driver. Don’t sleep on this record.
Traps PS - Prim Dicer (2022, Mock Records)
If movements are measured in waves, what wave of post-punk throwbackism are we currently on? Wherever we are, wave-wise, Traps PS are a bit of a breath of fresh air for me as they seem to be recalling the bands the first wave of post-punk reminiscers loved. Prim Dicer is all angular guitar slashes, nervous but excited basslines, precise but splashy drumming played in a room with stacks of Gang of Four / XTC records. Nary a gloomy vocal take or plodding bassline to be found.
Pom Poko - This Is Our House EP (Bella Union)
One of the greatest currently active bands continues to be a true delight. I couldn’t put it better than they did on their bandcamp, as this EP contains “hammering fuzz-rock grooves, soft and yearning melodies and deconstructed noisy explorations.”
Dead Family Dog - DFD VOL. 1 (2022, Self-released)
Seattle-based band digging for 90s noise-rock nuggets and coming back with gold. Just the right amount of pop-hooks to slot alongside these eight don’t-call-em-slacker-rock gems. Guitar heroics abound.
Black Flower - Magma (2022, Sbdan Ultra / N.E.W.S.)
Self-described five-piece hybrid jazz combo from Belgium. This is totally new to me, but the play-count makes me think I’m a little behind in catching onto this. Gurgling texture, spiraling keys, horns drip with cascading reverb, bouncing off the walls. A dubby, jazzy afrobeat cocktail at the end of a long day. Wonderful.
That’s it, that’s all. Be excellent to one other.
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