21 May 2018

Hello again.

Soft Science - I Don't Know Why I Love You
The flip side of the single Undone from the Californian syndicate is a House Of Love cover.

The Golden Dregs - What A Life, What A Waste
This is the project of Falmouth's Ben Woods with the album Lafayette out on Friday on SW label Art Is Hard.

Hearts & Rockets - Psychic Powers
Formerly Heat Wave, the now rebranded Melbournians have a split 7" out with city peers Piss Factory.

Breakfast Muff - Crocodile
The title track to the EP that came out last month from these cheeky Glaswegians.

Acid Dad - Marine
A track from the self-titled LP from the New Yorkers which came out in March.

Baywaves - 1954 Egyptian Drama
From a burgeoning Madrid underground scene come Baywaves with their EP It's Been Like which came out last week.

The Lovely Eggs - Big Sea
Lancaster married couple with another single from the This Is Eggland LP.

UkePunk - Susie Dent
Ramsbottom's premier ukulele-based punk outfit and friends of the show with their new single, out now, in tribute to everyone's favourite lexicographer.

Youth Man - Statuesque
From Birmingham, this is off the EP Five Songs which contains.. err.... five songs.

Drenge - This Dance
The Loveless brothers a back after a small hiatus and after their Grand Reopening tour have put out this new single.

Slowcoaches - Found Down
New single from the London punk trio.

The Jack Cades - Identity Crisis
Old-fashioned garage rock from Elsa and Mike Whittaker from Warwick. The album Music For Children came out last Friday.

Gabe Gurnsey - Ultra Clear Sound
Half of Factory Floor with a solo record that's very different to that. The album Physical is out in August.

InfraGhosts - Phantom Pain
Melbourne's Laura Davis is InfraGhosts and this single came out in March.

The Lucid Dream - SX1000
Something a bit different from Carlisle's Lucid Dream. They've recently completed their 4th album and this is the first single from it.

Istanbul Hippodrome - Atomised
Stunning stuff from the Folkestone band about whom I'd learn more if Facebook wasn't utter turd.

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14 May 2018

A proliferation of exclamation marks this week. Apologies.

Parquet Courts - Almost Had To Start A Fight/In & Out Of Patience
Proper slacker rock off the new one Wide Awake!

Wax Chattels - In My Mouth
'Guitarless guitar rock' from Auckland trio Wax Chattels off their self-titled debut album.

WomenSaid - I Killed My Boy
Glaswegian band featuring alumni of Altered Images. This is off Majick!, out now.

Shriekback - And The Rain
Off their 14th studio album Why Anything? Why This?

RF Shannon - Tooth Ache
One of those bands that sounds like it's a person. These are from Lockhart, Texas, and this is off Trickster Blues.

Emlyn Johnson - Slippin' & Slidin'
One from last autumn that I've only just come across. Johnson is from Fremantle, Western Australia, and this off the mini-album/EP (8 tracks, probably too many for an EP) Contested Mark which came out last September.

Sara Renberg - Roger Miller Baby
Renberg is from Pittsburgh and this is off Night Sands which came out in February.

Nat Lyon - The New Economy
A new one from friend of the show Lyon off his new LP Slant Front Desk. Top stuff.

Featured album: Benjamin Mason - Oi! Rapscallion
Final War Of The Inevitable Barbie
A Residue Of The Great Computer Crash
The word 'rapscallion' is grossly underused. Pembroke singer-songwriter Mason has crafted a varied LP with instrumentals sitting alongside folkish post punk, found sounds and dub. Eclectic to say the least, and all good.

Michael Jablonka - Flump
I don't think this is about either the TV show or the marshmallows, but I like it anyway.

Klammer - Modern God
New track from the Leeds post-punkers ahead of their third LP which is due in June.

Fat Cops - Hands Up! Get Down!
Got nothing on these. Bloody marvellous track.

Eva Schlegel - FOH (Fuck Outta Here)
From St Petersburg, and another one from last autumn that I've only become aware of lately. This is off Demontage Of Heck - great title and a superb album.

Orbital - Tiny Foldable Cities
New Orbital! Huzzah! And a new album, Monsters Exist, to follow. What a time it is to be alive.

Sir Robert Orange Peel - Am I Looking Forward To The World Cup? (Put A Bag On Your Head)
There'll be no official World Cup song for England, so I move that this stands in. Absolutely terrific. An unusual take on the genre by the enigmatic producer, as you would expect.

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That was fun. Let's do it again some time.