If It's Too Loud...

Photo by Andrew Benge Making a song as a pure tribute to a deceased musician is always a tricky thing. The sound has to be similar enough to the subject without purely aping their sound. Plus, it's nearly impossible not to just come across as completely hokey. Bruising somehow pulled it off. I'm going to go out on a limb and assume "Rest In Peace Kurt Donald Cobain (1967-1994)" is about Kurt Cobain. It starts off with some of the feedback that Cobain was notorious for, and then it goes into more of a pop/tribute territory for the rest of the song. The lyrics stay pretty monotone and drone on in that early 90s slacker style, but the chorus (which just barely edges into the loud/quiet/loud dynamic Cobain admits to borrowing from the Pixies) is the type of pure pop that Cobain had a not-so-secret love of.  "Rest in Peace Kurt Donald Cobain (1967-1994)" will be released as the B-side to the previously mentioned "I Don't Mind" on December 2nd...

Photo by Andrew Benge It's been about a year since we last heard from Bruising, so luckily they are back with a new single, "I Don't Care." "I Don't Care" is a great mix of being laid back but still kind of noisy. The vocals are super chilled out, with fuzzy guitars swirling around the chorus. The sound seems as if it's a California/UK hybrid, but instead it was written while singer Naomi Baguley studied in Berlin. She and the rest of the band would swap demos over email until the songs became whole. "I Don't Mind," with the B-Side "Rest In Peace Kurt Donald Cobain (1967-1994)," will be released digitally December 2nd via Beach Coma with a physical release in January. You can pre-order a copy here . For more info on Bruising, check out their website .