Vern Matz Share Getting Older, Drop New LP
Last year we stumbled into Vern Matz, and we were really grateful for their mellow guitar pop. It’s simplicity proved the power of the songwriting, with little need for extra brush strokes, and it seems that we get the much of the same on the newest release, Strange Songs from a Lifetime of Unfinished iPhone Demos. The name hints at the tunes being unpolished, and perhaps even incomplete, but you wouldn’t be able to tell that listening through the strumming and little atmosphere lurking in the background. If you’re settling in for the day, as the blistering whether lurks outside, then perhaps you should settle down with this new album; it’s sure to warm you right up!
It’s always good to depend on great labels to bring you good tunes, and I don’t think Meritorio Records has let me down even once. The label just announced the forthcoming release of RF, the latest LP from the UK’s 
The last few months, I’ve personally been hyping the new LP from Finland’s 
Over the last year or so, 
It’s a big day for huge guitars over here at ATH, with me sitting over here trying to drown out the noise in my brain. You know what else goes on today? 
I’m so grateful for the reliable labels that never seem to miss for me, you know, like Trouble in Mind or Fire Talk or, as is the case here, 
If you’re looking for someone working the true DIY ethos, you might want to pay attention to Josh Hoey and their Special Moves project. On the horizon for the project is the Little Help LP, and while it begins with a looped beat, it quickly jumps into that fuzzy guitar territory with distorted guitars ringing out through your speakers as Hoey calmly delivers the vocal lines; there’s a female counterpart too that adds a nice textural balance to the song’s melody to boot. I kind of imagine this song being written by a fan of Blank Dogs that grew up with a much sunnier disposition; it’s nostalgic-leaning bedroom pop that begs your attention immediately! Look for Little Help on August 28th via 
Business School is a fairly new project. So new, in fact, there’s hardly the typical flare like web sits and twitter handles and labels. But! There is this song, which is a nice dose of noodling guitar pop to let you cruise through the day. Soft vocals like the one’s here tend to make me think of Nada Surf for some reason; there’s just something in that calming presentation that worms its way into your earholes. You can also hear a Real Estate influence in the recording, particularly in the song’s latter half as it ventures towards a close.
Every time I go to cull some classic guitar pop from my record collection for DJing purposes, I always make sure I’ve got Foxheads Stalk This Land is in the bin. So to me, its great that some 30 years on,