Post Punk
Say Psych: Track Review: Gustaf – Mine
‘Mine’ is the debut single from Brooklyn art-punks Gustaf, who have just signed to Royal Mountain Records (US Girls, Wolf Parade, Pottery). It’s a chaotic, aggressive, and a compelling look at those people that have a false sense of entitlement. Formed in 2018, Gustaf have built a kind of buzz that feels like it …
Say Psych: Album Review: Singapore Sling – Good Sick Fun
Reykjavík maverick Henrik Björnsson recently released Good Sick Fun, his eleventh album under the Singapore Sling project via Fuzz Club Records. Inspired by goth-rock, dub and big-band jazz on top of the usual fuzzed-out rock’n’roll touchstones that are seared into Henrik’s work, the latest Singapore Sling full-length is as perversely hedonistic as they come – …
SEE: Golden Plates – ‘Oxytocin’
San Diego based Golden Plates have released new single, “Oxytocin”. Speaking on the newest release, enigmatic frontman Elder Brycen says: “It’s a fun, catchy indie rock / post-punk number reminiscent of Interpol, Pixies and Joy Division but a bit more modern.” Watch the video below; you can follow Golden Plates on Facebook, Instagram and Spotify.
EP: Johnny Hunter – Early Trauma plus tour news
‘Early Trauma’, the new EP from Sydney’s Johnny Hunter is quite simply brilliant. It is a sweeping, cinematic and statuesque release filled with five close to perfect pop songs that have theatricality and pomp and an elegance, leavened by a satisfying post-punk gothic darkness. Bowie-esque vocals swerve into a Joy Division sombreness and Bryan Ferry …
Track: AK/DK Share A Perfect Slice Of Disco Punk With Track ‘Feeds’
AK/DK’s new single ‘Feeds’ is taken from new album ‘Shared Particles’ due 16th October 2020 via Little Miss Echo Recordings Taking a cheeky sideways swipe at social media, the band offer their thoughts on ‘the scroll that never ends’: “Even before the terrible events of this year, it’s as if a lot of us were already feeling …
Say Psych: Video: Mayflower Madame – Sacred Core
‘Sacred Core’ is the third single from Oslo’s Mayflower Madame‘s latest LP Prepared For A Nightmare. The band explain that it’s a song about getting lost, drifting away and trying to find the way back to your safe haven – and is guided by swirling, hypnotic guitars and an insistent, heavy beat. While some might call …
Track: Jaz Coleman’s New Project Black & Red – On The Day The Earth Went Mad
Jaz Coleman’s new project Black & Red, a collaboration with Ondrej Smeykal have just shared their debut single ‘On The Day The Earth Went Mad’ the single is also available as a limited edition numbered red vinyl 10” via Cadiz Music. Available here “The Black and Red project was born in Australia in 2010 when I set out …
See: Venomous Pinks share video for ‘I really don’t care’ from new EP out now
Tempe, AZ punk rock trio The Venomous Pinks‘ fourth single, “I Really Don’t Care”, off of their acclaimed EP, “I Want You” (out today on Die Laughing/Golden Robot Records), provides a pop-punk palate cleanser with bassist Gaby Kaos on lead vocals. The track is a reimagining of a song from Kaos’ youth that she wrote after a mentally abusive …
Say Psych: Album Review: The Vacant Lots – Interzone
Interzone is the third full-length album by New York’s electro post-punk duo The Vacant Lots (Jared Artaud and Brian MacFadyen): a genre-blending synthesis of dance and psych made for secluded listeners and all night partygoers, meant for headphones and the club. It was released on Fuzz Club Records last week. Created with aid from Alan Vega’s Arp synthesier …
Track: Idles – Grounds, plus album news
The brutal and eminently vital IDLES have just released a video for a new song – ‘Grounds’ – and announced details of the release of their third album – ‘Ultra Mono’ – out on 25 September 2020 through Partisan Records. ‘Grounds’ is pure IDLES – swiftly moving, aggressive and sharp yet leavened by a poetic …