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Last Week’s Jams, Today (4.18 – 4.22)

April 25, 2022 nathan.lankford Leave a comment

Lot’s of really great stuff last week, so we’re here, as we always are, revisiting our coverage from last week, that way you can catch up…or at least have a sweet playlist to enjoy. Some cool new stuff last week from perennial favorites like Flasher and Say Sue Me, plus excellent news that there’s a new CLAMM record on the way. Plus, I hadn’t been to a traveling show, aside from SXSW, so I was stoked to get out of the house and catch Dummy absolutely rip over at Hotel Vegas, so I threw in a nice little jam from the band’s Mandatory Enjoyment. It’s Monday; here’s tunes you might have missed.

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Banging New Single From Pet Shimmers

April 20, 2022 RayRay Leave a comment

Bristol based band Pet Shimmers took the ATH offices by storm back in 2020 and we’ve been eagerly awaiting some new music ever since. This Spring our patience has been rewarded with news of a new 7″ featuring this new track called “Sonder”. The tune has those familiar fuzzy pop notes we love from Pet Shimmers, but also maybe a touch more of a pop element and a beautiful song progression. This band is surely on a path to stardom.

This tune will be featured on a 7″ single coming out on June 16th digitally and July 17th on vinyl. Pre-orders are live now.

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Pet Shimmers Announce Trash Earthers

September 3, 2020 nathan.lankford Leave a comment

I quite enjoyed my introduction to Pet Shimmers earlier this year with their debut LP, Face Down in Meta. Surprisingly, they’ve already announced a return with their follow up, Trash Earthers. With this announcement comes a new single, and while it has that sort of obscured bedroom-pop fashion, I kind of enjoy the sort of muddy nature of the song itself. Backing vocals almost seem like accidents, like they’re sound samples; electronic notes come across like they’re short-circuiting, but it all culminates in this sort of acid wash pop moment that keeps me on my toes, like Broken Social Scene if they were decided to get a little weird. Look for their new LP on the band’s own PS Records on October 2nd.

<a href="http://petshimmers.bandcamp.com/album/trash-earthers">Trash Earthers by Pet Shimmers</a>

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Another Pop Ditty from Pet Shimmers

January 24, 2020 nathan.lankford Leave a comment

Bristol outfit Pet Shimmers are crafting some sort of new-age pop fuckstorm; they’re taking the standard format and warping and twisting it around the backbone established by lead maestro, Oliver Wilde. Their sounds definitely are reminiscent of the sort of mish-mash of folk and bedroom pop; it sounds like the madness inside the caverns of one’s mind, but it’s being crafted and developed by a seven-piece pop outfit. I’ve been really impressed with their debut LP Face Down in Meta, and I think it’s going to sneak onto some people’s radars once they complete their tour with Sandy (Alex G); the album drops next Friday!

<a href="http://petshimmers.bandcamp.com/album/face-down-in-meta">Face Down In Meta by Pet Shimmers</a>

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Digging Pet Shimmers Pop Vibes

January 14, 2020 nathan.lankford Leave a comment

I’m totally in love with this brand new track from Pet Shimmers, the UK act who’ve just announced their debut Face Down in Meta. The song began almost immediately, and I was hooked right there. At first, it sort of sounded like a fuzzy indiepop song, which, of course, had my interest. But, as the song unfolded, the fuzz layer began to feel more like a gloss that coated the song, akin to something you’d hear on a Radio Dept. LP. So there it is, imagine a youthful vibrancy spun through the lens of cloudy pop purveyors and you’ve got exactly what you’ve been looking for all your life. Face Down in Meta will be out on January 31st.

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