Wash out you ears out after listening to that new Kanye album with these new tunes. It's mostly British post-punk this week. If you don't like British post-punk, I'm sorry. Artists featured this week include Idles, Goat Girl, Mutes, Bound by Endogamy, Aloysius Bell and BEAR1BOSS.
THE BEST:
‘Grace’ –
Idles
This is the
best song Coldplay have released in years. They totally sound like a more
melodic version of Idles. It’s almost like Idles deepfaked footage from a
Coldplay music video and put their music over it. Anyway, the new Coldplay album, Tangk, is out today.
‘Ride
Around’ – Goat Girl
Goat Girl are
back with their first single since 2020’s On All Fours. It’s got some
pretty wacky guitarwork in it – I love
the skronky opening riff and the fluttering arpeggios that the come in slightly
later. The rising and falling guitar harmonies
towards the end are also pretty fun (they vaguely remind me of that ‘Hanging Tree’ song from The Hunger Games, which I’ve always thought was a banger). The
London post punk band are planning to drop a new album titled Below The Waste this year.
‘Televangelist’
- Mutes
This energetic
song from Birmingham post-punk band Mutes ends way too soon. Those slow rising
notes throughout are so hypnotic and eerie. I can’t make out any of the lyrics,
but the press release tells me it’s themed around Catholic guilt, which seem
pretty novel. It’s set to appear on the band’s upcoming fourth album.
‘Cog’ - Bound
by Endogamy
This Swiss
synth-punk band make nihilistic songs about the modern day digital dystopia we
live in accompanied by harsh rave synths and industrial percussion. ‘Cog’ might
be one of the tamest songs off their new album, but makes up for it with some really
cool progression, featuring cyclical lyrics over an everchanging backdrop of sinister
analog noises. If you want to take it up a gear, check out their track ‘Nothing’.
‘Wreckage’
– Aloysius Bell
After cudgelling
my ears with the cold electronica of Bound by Endogamy, I was in desperate need
of some warmth. And this track of Canadian singer-songwriter Aloysius Bell’s
new EP, Warm Thing, did just the trick. This soulful instrumental is
gorgeous and the vocals are subtle but oozing with emotion.
THE WORST
‘Conscious’
– BEAR1BOSS + SOFAYGO
Production this
good is wasted on these types of rappers. This dude’s so off-beat it’s like
he’s trying to rap over a completely different track.