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For only having a handful of songs out, Bruising have a very specific sound, especially their guitars. Their latest single, "What It Feels Like," epitomizes Bruising's sound. Although it clocks in at just over 2:30, it's a slow song, bordering on being a power ballad, albeit a punky shoegaze infested one. The guitar is really what holds everything together for "What It Feels Like." Droney and fuzzed out are cliches for this type of music, but there's a reason we all use those descriptions. Somehow Bruising pulls passed all that, and while the guitar in "What It Feels Like" is droney and fuzzed out, it's an actual guitar solo throughout a huge portion of the song. "What It Feels Like" will be available as a split 7" with Personal Best via the Too Pure Singles Club. You can listen to the song below, and head over to here to get a copy. For more on Bruising, follow them on Facebook and Twitter .

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 .

Credit: Carolina Faruolo Bruising began forming last year back when Naomi Baguley and Ben Lewis met at a Leeds nightclub because of Ben's Perfect Pusyy shirt. The two began trading song ideas, and started recording demos in his bedroom. They started playing out, opening for Twin Peaks and Waxahatchee. Now, they're set to release their debut single. "Emo Friends" is truly great. It's a chilled out, upbeat song with these killer, swirling, dreamy guitars. The vocals feel shoegaze but the rest of the song is far too epic to be shoegaze. It truly needs to be heard. "Emo Friends" is out November 20 on Beech Coma, which is somehow not a label based in Dorchester, MA. You can listen to the song below. Also, be sure to check out their website , and follow them on Facebook and/or Twitter .