Category: Tunes

HHBTM Announces Two New Releases: Tullycraft and Bunnygrunt

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Our friends at the great HHBTM label have been busy setting up their own proper record shop, but like all great things, their finishing this year with focus back on the label side of things. They sent us a note about two great new releases, one that’s brand spanking new, Tullycraft; the other, Bunnygrunt, getting the 30 year Reissue treatment for Action Pants. Below, you’ll be treated to the joyous pop sounds of Tullycraft‘s new single; they take on this infectious sound that feels like it’s somewhere between Heavenly and Beulah, catchy and bundles of fun (I particularly love the horn blasts that kick on here). Shoot the Point will be out on August 22nd. You can also hear a new to everyone Bunnygrunt track that was never on the Action Pants LP back in 1995, due to some lineup and contract issues. But, they’ve redone it, and dammit if you’re not going to wish you this had been included in the OG version. This reissue is super-limited and is being split with Silly Moo Records.

New Single from The Valery Trails

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Trying to take you into the weekend with a little vibe here and a little vibe there, and I’m definitely feeling this new track from Aussie outfit The Valery Trails. I love a band that wastes zero time getting loud like this lot, smattering the drums and letting the guitars just ring right through. At times, they almost feel like they’re a pop punk band from the UK, or maybe they’re channeling Teenage Fanclub; it’s always loud, with a melody lurking throughout, and maybe there’s a little tongue-in-cheek humor working in there too. They’ll be dropping their new album Winter Palace on August 29th.

Ingebrigt Haker Flaten Shares Single + Announces Sonic Transmissions

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Seeing as we’re here to get weird on a Friday, there’s definitely a reason to branch out into the realms of the work of Ingebrigt Haker Flaten (Exit) Knarr, as the current ensemble is labeled. The group have recently announced Drops, their latest record, and below you’ve got the jazzy twists and turns tantalizingly tuning in and out. Squeaks and squawks, hammering keys and drums rolls, all peaking in cacophony and coming together harmoniously. It’s this aversion to modern construct that makes the ensemble so captivating. Plus, the group have also blasted news of the next Sonic Transmissions Festival, taking place here in Austin on September 11 thru the 14th, supported by Epistrophy Arts. It’s a celebration of storytelling and sounds that stretch our expectations of what pop is; you can get more details HERE.

Dance Into the Weekend with Orbita

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I know that B.Gray typically runs our IT Department, but when I caught this Orbita tune, I just felt like we could open up our Friday with a little bit of a punching groove to slide into the weekend. While lacking vocals, the song’s got plenty of movement, driving you forward with this rhythmic pulse and synthetic keyboard stabs that would work perfectly if you were scoring the Upside Down. I love the drop into the track around the 40 second mark, turning it into something altogether more propulsive and pumping. There are moments when the song settles, only to swing back in and hit you all over again with its synthetic power. Why not feel the future on Friday?

Chronophage Drops Musical Attack

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A new release by Chronophage always warrants a celebration; they’re one of the gems of the Austin scene, and just last week they dropped Musical Attack: Communist + Anarchist Friendship. It’s four brief songs, all which seem to explore their various influences in different ways. When the album opens, it almost feels like they’re taking a Dead Kennedy’s approach with that pummeling drum opening, but they waste little time rushing into this fervent guitar jam that just shreds right through your speakers. The dancing guitar line that opens “We Must Be Evil,” embraces the absolute playfulness of the tune, letting the vocals sort of encircle and prance about the musical element. You can even find a nice little video HERE of the closing “Anti-Miracle,” which features this stuttering guitar wiggle that borders on moving into post jam band territory; it’s got this falling little chorus that’s perfect too. If you want a 7″ copy of the EP, grab it from Post Present Medium.

Another New Bats Track

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One of the last values of social media is that if you tie yourself to good humans, they share good music with you, which is how I was alerted to this new track from the Bats that seems to have popped up since the announcement of Corner Coming Up. I don’t know how this band isn’t constantly on the tips of our tongues, so to speak, as they seem to have grown and aged with perfection since their inception in 1982. The huge emotional pull when the drums drop in on the single below just sucked me right in while the guitars began to swirl around my head. Hard to turn away from the sweetness of the vocals either, especially with the ever so slight touch of backing hanging in the distance. Their new LP will be out on October 17th.

Runo Plum Signs to Winspear

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Winspear is on a roll label-wise, riding fresh on their signing of the new Winter album, they’ve now announced that they’ll be working with Runo Plum. Along with the excellent news, there’s a brand new single, with a track that dwells on the concept of community and friendship, which seems ever more important in today’s landscape. Musically, it’s the sort of folk-adjacent brand that made hue stars out of Angel Olsen and Sharon Van Etten; I love the vocals here though, living in this more ethereal climate that encourages the sense of longing that courses through the track. There’s a slew of European tour dates coming up for the artist, but get ready to hear this name quite a bit in the next year.

Blood Orange Officially Announces Essex Honey

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I will own up to the fact that I generally straddle the fence when it comes to Blood Orange. I loved Dev Hynes as a young musician, particularly during his Lightspeed Champion, so some of the musical styles were a bit of an adjustment. That said, you can’t deny his songwriting, his greatest gift for layering hook atop hook in small spaces. For instance, the single below, fresh with the announcement of a new album, trickles then unfurls into this dense modern orchestral piece, filled with the touchstones of everything Hynes has done up until now. You can’t listen to this track and not just marvel at the gifts to arrange this piece and its accompanying parts; you’ll definitely want to keep an eye out for Essex Honey, dropping on August 29th via RCA.

Another New Nicamus Tune

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I tend to obsess over things I cannot explain to others, like Portland’s Nicamus. In a way, they sort of remind me of Red Pants, hitting on that sort of lo-fi approach, but built with these dense textures that reveal themselves upon repeat listens. But, I can also see how this just feels like the jangling indie rock we cover all the time, and yet not at all like that, kind of making its own quirky way into the indie rock sound. It’s bright and charming, but just a bit off-kilter, and their ethos seems to be built on channeling freedom into their DIY sound. They’ve got a record titled Trust Fall that should be out real soon, so keep an eye out there!

Mum Release Only Songbirds Have a Sweet Tooth

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While there is a lot of music that hits me with its immediacy and boldness, I’m also always inclined to delve into the spaces in-between, like the track that dropped yesterday from Iceland’s Mum. Musically, there’s a bubbling buoyancy burrowing beneath, but it never entirely rises to the top of the song, leaving tons of negative space for the song to weave the alternating vocals between the lines. Each space, while feeling light, also has this omnipresence that allows you just sink deep into the track, and for that I’m grateful. They release their new album, History of Silence, on September 19th.

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