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Friday Album Streams: Red Pants, Spllit and The Serfs

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It’s Friday, and while I’m here trying to wake up for a late night of Levitation, I know there are three pretty near perfect records for you to soak up today, all with different sonic appeals, meaning you get a little bit of everything if you wanna win!

Red Pants – Not Quite There Yet (Meritorio Records)

This is a record that lands somewhere in the land between Sonic Youth and Low, but if you had recorded that record in hopes of offering a solitary listening experience. The more time you give this LP, the more its secrets are revealed.

Spllit – Infinite Hatch (Feel It Records)

The Louisiana band is crafting post-punk like no other; they fill their songs with quick turns and sonic changes, each song refreshing in its ability to shift gears in an instant. Oh, and with all the weirdness, it still comes off catchy in the right spots.

The Serfs – Half Eaten by Dogs (Trouble in Mind)

Honestly, its been a minute since I’ve had this much fun listening to a record. It pulls in psychedelic nods with this punk ethos that gets mixed up in electronic textures that continue to push the envelope of what is and isn’t “indie rock.”

Spllit Drop Bevy Stew Single

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You’ve absolutely got to get in on SPLLIT! In an odd way they remind me of the early Omni stuff, messing with time and fluidity within their songwriting, always keeping you on your toes as they move back and forth. They have this way of weaving their melodic charms into the tune that feel almost apathetic, like they’re apologetically providing you with a little bit of an earworm, just to get that hook under your skin. Just before the 2.5 minute mark, the song hits a glitch and slows to a thick churn, with chords being walked up and down through your speakers. Totally in love with the stuff popping up from Infinite Hatch; it’s out on October 27th via Feel It Records.

Hard Copy Share Airlines

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Another week and another chance to turn you all onto Hard Copy. They’re working under a punk umbrella, most assuredly, but perhaps one of the things that’s most intriguing is the way the album twists and turns in on itself, changing directions. Here, I feel like there’s some Byrne meets B-52s at play, but there also seems to be this sort of indifference towards either, especially in the way the lyrics occasionally get delivered in an almost haphazard step by step basis. Then the song moves into this narrow dreamy state, with the vocals punctuated and erratic, letting the band bounce every which way they choose. It’s a fascinating journey, and one of the various reasons you should have 12 Shots of Nature on your radar; it drops on October 20th via Feel It Records.

Friday Album Streams: Lower Plenty, Class, Open Hands + More

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It’s Friday, and while Austin is focused on ACL Weekend One, I’m here to turn your ears towards some great albums that you’ll benefit from if you’re into the whole streaming process. Several of these we’ve talked about quite a bit, so it’s good that now you can get your hands on them in their entirety. Going to start with what’s quickly becoming one of my favorite LPs of the year, then let you pick and choose what’s your flavor.

Lower Plenty – No Poets (Bedroom Suck Records)

Class – If You’ve Got Nothing (Feel It Records)

Open City – Hands in the Honey Jar (Get Better Records)

The Suncharms – Things Lost (Sunday Records)

Half Stack – Sitting Pretty (Forged Artifacts)

Hard Copy Announce Debut 12 Shots of Nature

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I love when a friend passes you a record or an email and says “Check this out; it’s right up your alley,” and then they’re actually right. This is my first introduction Richmond’s Hard Copy, with an allegiance to taking punk back to a stage when things were just getting figured out. There’s this sort of lop-sided back and forth shuffle as the vocals come into play; it’s building tension and making me nervous as I listen, but also propelling the tune forward. Then, chords ring out and there’s an underbelly of nervousness in the vocal; it gives off a bit of bite, something we’d most recently associate with Protomartyr or Ought…gruff but looking back at melody. Then the track completely breaks down and feels like the band just got caught by their parents, both strange and excited. Look for the group to drop 12 Shots of Nature on October 20th via Feel It Records.

Sugar Tradition Drop Don’t Leave Me

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If you thought the tenacity of Motor City music was dead and buried once we gave the torch to Jack White (I think he tried to extinguish it!), then you better stop right where you are and turn on Sugar Tradition. After the slight bit of boogie from their first single “Fragile,” they turn things up a notch here, drawing from the city’s history and aim to tear right into your heart with a howling performance that’s likely to force your soul to leave your body, if only to shake it on stage with the band. While I love the ferocity, what really works here is the thunderous drum work; it feels at times as if things are completely out of control as pounding notes and cymbals crash in your ears. You want your hair blown back? Grab More Sugar from Feel It Records on October 13.

Class Drop Just Another Number

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We ran a fresh track from Class just a few weeks ago, and the group are back with another tune from their forthcoming LP, If You’ve Got Nothing. While their first single flirted with the catchy realm of pop punk meets power pop, their latest is all bite and no bullshit. It opens with this dangerous riff, setting the scene for a stalking vocal performance that leaves the group growling through an old school brand of rock n’ roll. An emphatic refrain is barked at the listener as noise swell and punches to the close. Feel It Records will drop the LP on October 6th.

Choncy Share Default Single

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Seems like the musical hotbed at the moment is based in the Cincinnati area, or maybe just Ohio as a whole. Another act that’s joining up with Serfs as some of my favorite tunes coming out at the moment is Choncy. When you press play, you’re immediately met by this frantic groove, pushing you into the track before it angrily begins to sputter out of control. Straddling and jittery, the track rolls and pushes in a maniacal fashion, sputtering to this enthusiastic end. Something about this tune feels like its humanity coming face to face with our own technological demise; it feels like it incorporates all the tricks of the modern musical trade, yet does so with a bit of a playful wink to keep us all on our toes. This tune features on their forthcoming LP, which we can expect early next year via Feel It Records.

SPLLIT Announce Infinite Hatch

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Going back to this past year’s SXSW, SPLLIT was one of the acts on my list of favorites, and I was lucky to catch them afterwards where they had more time to flesh out their sound. One of the things I loved about the group’s sound was their ability to kind of connect the dots all across the board; they’ve got bits of post-punk, yet there’s a lot more going on sonically in the way everything gets constructed. You can hear on this new single a sort of reconstruction of the math-ier elements of both advanced pop and digitalized indie rock; there’s all sort of switches, forcing you to tune your ears into the various moves they’re making…nothing earns the sole focus here, which I kind of love. They drop this track with the announcement of their new LP, Infinite Hatch, which will hit on October 27th via Feel It Records.

Citric Dummies Share Fresh Single, Announce New LP

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What better way to announce a brand new album than to drop a blistering open track that rips right through your speakers? Citric Dummies have done just that, along with a nice little nod towards fellow Minnesotans Husker Du in both the album art and the title, Zen and the Arcade of Beating Your Ass. While it be easy to place the trio in some punk sub-genre, they seem more intent on breaking all the rules of punk expectations. Sure, when the chorus hits, there’s a howl that falls somewhere between Ozzy and Danzig, though I almost feel like that’s playing more to a traditional metal audience than a punk one. That said, there’s fiery guitar solos ripping here and there, like some melodic skate-punk anthem that got drenched at the Gwar show; think Queens of the Stone Age with high levels of fun and low levels of asshole-ness. They drop Zen and the Arcade of Beating Your Ass on November 3rd via Feel It Records.

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