Photo by Julia Leiby
When Two Inch Astronaut broke up in 2018, they had some songs written but not recorded. The tenth anniversary of their second album, Foulbrood, is coming up, so the Maryland band decided to get together and enlist J. Robbins to record two of their unrecorded songs! From that session we have "Check Please" and "Humorist." The songs fit into the post-hardcore category. At times they are almost delicate, and others a little more heavy. They weave in and out seemingly at will, and dance around standard song structure without truly committing. "Humorist" in particular has moments when it sounds like Two Inch Astronaut are trying to write an early 00's radio hit, and coming up with something much different. It sounds like a combination of Slint and Archers of Loaf. We're just discovering Two Inch Astronaut, but we can guarantee we'll be diving into the band's back catalog for the rest of the day.
Sam Goblin says of his band's new singles:
"We wrote these two songs in 2018 right before we made the decision to take a break from the band. As the ten year anniversary of Foulbrood loomed, we thought it'd be cool to do something slightly less backward looking than a reissue or reunion, so we reworked these two more recent tunes and finally got around to recording them. We all live in different places now and more than anything it was just great to have an excuse to be together again (and to hang with J Robbins).
"Both of the songs are about the solipsism of pursuing anything creative, but the experience of recording them was a nice reminder of how many great times and irreplaceable friendships came from doing this silly thing, so can't be all bad."
You can listen to "Check Please" and "Humorist" below. The double A side single is available now via Exploding in Sound Records. For more on Two Inch Astronaut, check out the band on Facebook and Twitter.
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