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Friday Album Streams: Blood, Teenage Tom Petties + More

August 2, 2024 nathan.lankford Leave a comment

You know we’re nearing the fall when records start to come fast and furious, and we hit up another Friday with tons of really great releases for folks to pick out…and as usual, most of these have been discussed in detail on this here site. So, no need to go into too much detail, but we’re pretty sure that we’ve got albums for all your moods…so just dive right in, and be sure to grab the ones you love to support the bands/labels.

Blood – Loving You Backwards (Ramp Local)

<a href="https://bloodatx.bandcamp.com/album/loving-you-backwards">Loving You Backwards by Blood</a>

Teenage Tom Petties – Teenage Tom Petties (SafeSuburbanHome/Repeating Cloud)

<a href="https://safesuburbanhomerecords.bandcamp.com/album/teenage-tom-petties-2">Teenage Tom Petties by Teenage Tom Petties</a>

The Male Gays – Be Kind (Chapter Music)

True Optimist – Mental Health (Self Aware Records)

<a href="https://selfawarerecords.bandcamp.com/album/mental-health">Mental Health by True Optimist</a>

Aaberg – Wishing Well (Forged Artifacts)

<a href="https://aaberg.bandcamp.com/album/wishing-well">Wishing Well by Aaberg</a>

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True Optimist Announce Mental Health

June 27, 2024 nathan.lankford Leave a comment

When pressing play, you perhaps will find it difficult to pigeonhole what True Optimist are doing with the title track from their new LP, Mental Health. There all these competing elements within the first ew seconds; there’s a bobbing pulse, contrast against these stabbing guitar notes that merely seem like they’re poking the bear…then there’s the layers of percussive elements like the shaker and woodblock (maybe?), all of this thrown together before you get a little organ line running amok to paste the pieces together. This hodge-podge is both refreshing and bewildering, taking you on a musical safari for which you might not be prepared. They release Mental Health on August 2nd via Self Aware Records.

<a href="https://selfawarerecords.bandcamp.com/album/mental-health">Mental Health by True Optimist</a>

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New Single From Late Bloomer

February 1, 2024 RayRay Leave a comment

North Carolina’s Late Bloomer shared this new single called “Hope For Rain” a few days ago and I wanted to get it to your ears before the weekend. The song effortlessly combines a sort of DIY indie, college rock sound with some lovely twang and slide guitar. Hopefully you’ll give it a listen below and also consider a pre-order of their new album entitled Another One Again. That’s due out on March 1st via Self Aware Records.

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