by Dan Goldin
Welcome to FUZZY MEADOWS, our recap of this week’s new music. We’re sharing our favorite releases of the week in the form of albums, singles, and music videos along with the „Further Listening“ section of new and notable releases. It’s generally written in the early hours of the morning and semi-unedited… but full of love and heart. The list is in alphabetical order and we sincerely recommend checking out all the music we’ve included. There’s a lot of great new music being released. Support the bands you love. Spread the word and buy some new music.
Formed over a weekend spent celebrating Wrong Speed Records, members of Sweet Williams, Hey Colossus, and Joeyfat came together to record, to see what emerged. The result is AAA Gripper, a great new band set to release their debut album, We Invented Work For The Common Good, out May 16th on the aforementioned label. Built around the tightly knotted rhythmic work of Lee Richardson (drums) and Joe Thompson (bass), the band launch into a gnarled dirge with lead single “The Arcade Claw King,” a dexterous and exciting take on hypnotic post-hardcore with krautrock inclinations. Joined by Thomas House (guitars) and M. Edward Cole (vocals), the band slip into a mangled groove that gives room for the vocals and guitars to detach and devolve. While the song is sadly not about Cannibal Corpse’s George “Corpsegrinder” Fisher and his affinity for claw machines, it is a masterwork of tension becoming unglued in real time.
It hardly needs to be said at this point but Alien Nosejob’s output has been incredibly dynamic since the project’s inception. While some records explored hardcore and others post-punk disco, some garage punk and others jangle pop, Forced Communal Existence, a collection of Jake Robertson’s singles and EPs, throws it all together, skipping between genres with reckless abandon. While the music has been previously released, the format offers a wild ride, warped and grooving one moment, kicking down the door the next. Due out June 6th on Anti Fade Recrods, the set opens chronologically with “Family Dinner,” a raucous synth punk ripper originally released on 2017’s Panel Beat EP. It’s a spring-loaded song that retains the agitated immediacy of Robertson’s then active bands Ausmuteants and Leather Towel, yet introduced the next chapter.
Burlington, VT’s Greg Freeman is a truly gifted songwriter, his music is raw and muscular yet heartfelt and prismatic. Having re-released the exceptional I Looked Out back in January to an ever growing audience, Freeman is set to release Burnover on August 22nd via Transgressive/Canvasback, his first new record in three years. With a debut that highlighted brilliant versatility while retaining cohesion, anticipation is high as his catalog expands. “Point and Shoot,” the record’s first single is a blustery indie rock ripper, steeped in dusted country intuition, touches of power-pop jangle, and an electric folk resolve that’s been flipped with surging hooks. It’s an earnest tune that embraces bum notes and brash front-porch distortion that all seems to work in the favor of Greg Freeman’s nuanced songwriting. Balanced by tempo shifts, lushly layered instrumentation, and disorienting lyrics that spill out with surrealist charm, the song flickers with a well worn warmth.
After four years of great stand-alone singles, Los Angeles’ Le Pain (which includes members of Peel Dream Magazine, Slippers, and Public Practice among others) are getting ready to release their full length debut, Dirge Technique next month and we can’t wait. Due out this coming Friday, May 2nd, via Slouch Records, the group – Olivia Babuka Black, Scott Rosenthal, Alan Everhart, Madeline Babuka Black – play beautifully crafted psych pop, their approach dreamy yet resonant. “Running of the Bulls,” the first and presumably only advance single from their record, is a breezy jaunt around rollicking drums and wistful melodies, punctuated by the melancholic refrain, “even if you gore the matador / sooner or later / you’re gonna get the sword”.
Last year This Is Lorelei released Box For Buddy, Box For Star, a triumphant breakthrough album for Nate Amos’ shapeshifting solo project. The album has now been reissued with a deluxe version that adds three collaborative reinterpretations. They aren’t exactly remixes and they’re not quiet covers (as Amos worked together with the musicians to transform the songs), but what is immediately apparent is that they are incredibly written songs, the lyrics, the melodies, and the emotion able to transfer from artist to artist. While the singles together with MJ Lenderman and Snail Mail offer high profile contemporaries, it’s the track with Bob and Sarah Amos, Nate’s father and sister, that really steals the show. As accomplished bluegrass musicians, Bob and Sarah are right at home in the twang of “Angel’s Eye,” a gorgeous song that feels like it’s been passed down from one campfire session to the next over centuries of Americana folklore.
22° HALO „Reward“ | THE AUSTERITY PROGRAM „Judges 19:22–29“ | CHEPANG „Gatichad“ | CLIFFORD „Sugar Pill“ | COMMON HOLLY „Enough“ | DEEPER „Live in Köln“ LP | DEERHOOF „Return of the Return of the Fire Trick Star“ | DEL THE FUNKY HOMOSAPIEN & THEGOODNEWS „This Just In!“ EP | DUMMY „Sudden Flutes (Insides Remix)“ | FLY ANAKIN “The Times” / “Corner Pocket” (feat. Quelle Chris, BbyMutha and The Alchemist) | FULL OF HELL „Knight’s Oath“ | GIVE OVER „Earth Leakage“ | GLASS EEL „The Line“ | HEMLOCK „Audiotree Live“ | HOLIDAY MUSIC „Supreme Corner“ | HOLY WAVE „Father’s Prayer“ | JEAN MIGNON „I Did It & I’ll Do It Again“ | KINSKI „Live on KEXP“ | KNOWLEDGE THE PIRATE „Eating Etiquette” | LUNG „The Mattress“ | MERLI ARMISA “Koto / Al Cader Dela Giornata” | MOMMA „Welcome to My Blue Sky“ | MOONTYPE „How I Used To Dance“ | ODDISEE „A Rare Thing“ | PREOCCUPATIONS „Ill At Ease“ | SAVAK „Tomorrow And The Day After“ | SEX GERMS „Whiplash“ LP | SHARK? „TNT“ | SHARPIE SMILE „The Slide“ | SHE’S GREEN „Figurines“ | SQUID “The Hearth And Circle Round Fire” | SUBSONIC EYE „Aku Cemas“ | THIS IS LORELEI „Two Legs (Snail Mail Version)“ | TROPICAL FUCK STORM „Dunning-Kruger’s Loser Cruiser“ | WIRING „Porcelain Lamb“ | WU-TANG & MATHEMATICS “Black Samson, the Bastard Swordsman“ LP
This Is LoreleiBob AmosSarah AmosAAA GripperAlien NosejobLe PainGreg Freeman22° HaloThe Austerity ProgramChepangCliffordCommon HollyDeeperDeerhoofDel The Funky HomosapienThegoodnewsDummyFly AnakinQuelle ChrisBbyMuthaThe AlchemistFull of HellGive OverGlass EelHemlockHoliday MusicHoly WaveJean MignonkinskiKnowledge The PirateLungMerli ArmisaMommamoontypeTropical Fuck StormOddiseePreoccupationsSAVAKSex GermsShark?Sharpie SmileShe’s GreenSquidSubsonic EyeSnail MailWiringWu-Tang ClanMathematics
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