Album: Exhibition
Quick Thoughts: The ska revival is alive and well as long as The Boy Detective are on the case. This gives me big mid-1990s Less Than Jake vibes in all the right ways, and it's a great ska throwback without feeling like a throwback, if that makes sense. Plus, the Fall Out Boy-style long titles kind of make the complete package. A great listen this week.
Songs of Note: "Some Drakkar Noir Wearing Dexter With a Boner," "Replacement," "The Secret Life (And Tragic Death) of Richard T. Owl," "It's Not About the Horniness, It's About the Loneliness," "She Only Dates Astronauts (So What on Earth is She Doing With Me?)," "My Figurative Heart"
Album: I Have a PHysical Body That Can Be Harmed
Quick Thoughts: Post punk is in a heyday all its own right now, and while Thank isn't quite as melodic as Viagra Boys or as angsty as Idles, it's near-impossible to listen to a song like "Woke Frasier" and not come away believing that the band isn't on another level entirely. This won't be for everyone, but in so many ways this was very much for me, and it's worth your time to see if it's for you as well.
Songs of Note: "Woke Frasier," "Do It Badly," "Barely," "Writing Out a List of All the Names of God"
Album: Take You Somewhere
Quick Thoughts: Sassyhiya is reminiscent of those sort of indie pop bands that showed up on every mixtape trade you ever took part in. I was on board due to "Kristen Stewart," which should be elevated into the pantheon of songs about celebrities, but the whole thing is a feel-good listen in a time where we can really use one.
Songs of Note: "Boat Called Predator," "Kristen Stewart," "Crayon Potato," "On Our Way," "Thank You and Goodbye"
Album: The Good Kind
Quick Thoughts: Wanted to point out the new one from Our Girl as well, which is a really accessible indie piece with some soaring vocals and a polished sound that creeps up out of nowhere. This showed up on a few new release playlists for me, and each time was the same reaction when the song came on: "Who is this!?" Learn their name, you won't regret it.
Songs of Note: "Who Do You Love," "Relief," "Something About Me Being a Woman"
Of note:
* A$AP Ferg - DAROLD (The A$AP mob remain undefeated.)
* eat-girls - Area Silenzio (A compelling, interesting alt-adjacent listen)
* Zane Trow - Landscape
* H.A.N.K. - The Big Melt
* The Slaps - Mudglimmer
* Sylvie Kreusch - Comic Trip
* Good Sad Happy Bad - All Kinds of Days
* Michael Slumber - Nightmare Coloured Clouds
* AUA - Painkiller No. 1
* Aziya - BAMBI
* Blueprint - Chamber Music 2
* Friedberg - Hardcore Workout Queen
* Madison Cunningham and Andrew Bird - Cunningham Bird
* Calup - I Made This and I Like It, I Hope You Like It Too, But If Not That Is Ok, Music is Subjective
* Shybits - What's That?
* Jacob Stanley - Even Closer
* June Jones - Extended Proximity
* claire rousay - The Bloody Lady
* Night Swims - Borderline Colors
* The Magician - Voyage
* Freak Slug - I Blow Out Big Candles
* Ab-Soul - Soul Burger
* Lil Figurative - History Repeats Itself
* Loud Diamond - Vacation Imagined
* Dear Simone - GORJUS
* Rafael Anton Irisarri - FAÇADISMS
* Perila - Intrinsic Rhythm
EPs:
* The Rabbitts - The Weight of the Water Above Me
* Widespread Panic - Hailbound Queen
* Ceylon Sailor - Cambridge Streets
* Bags of Cans - Favourite Shirt
* George Reid - 0-6M
* Adrian Sherwood - Five Decades of Destruction - 10s
* Man/Woman/Chainsaw - Eazy Peazy
* Ellie Gowers - You, The Passenger
* Orchard of Strings - Brain Rain
* Umarells - One More Day
* Rosier - elle veille encore
Live albums/Compilations/Reissues:
* Into It. Over It. - Covers Collection Vol. 1
* Like Someone I Know: A Celebration of Margo Guryan
* The Shape of Punk to Come Obliterated
* Chromesthesia: The Colour of Sound Vol. 1
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