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Dark Bit of Post Rock from The Boxing

August 16, 2017 nathan.lankford Leave a comment

While the Boxing typically take on more psychedelic vibes, their new single goes in a slightly different direction, bringing in darkened corners and combining them with some of the last influences of Britpop. Guitars carry that sensation of drowning, angular and muffled. But, what really stood out to me is the pop-centric chorus, definitely allowing the band to walk the fine line of their various influences. I don’t know, maybe that’s my wishful thinking, trying to superimpose Britpop’s revival on these lads. Whatever the case, it’s a solid jam for a Wednesday.

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New Split from Joyce Manor and Toys That Kill

November 21, 2014 nathan.lankford Leave a comment

Some bands just get a bad rap, and you know what, shame on me. I always lumped Joyce Manor, and Toys That Kill for that matter, in that late-wave emo punk genre. I was a second wave emo kid, so I really just discarded it by and large, but I just got in their new split for Recess Records, and these are just some really good rocking tunes. Honestly, I don’t even know if I’d got so far as to call them punk rock; the TTK tune almost sounds like a bar band approach to the garage stylings of Jay Reatard. Enough about me and my half-ass assumptions; stream these two jams.

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More New Tunes from The History of Apple Pie

August 29, 2014 nathan.lankford

There’s just something about this band that exudes good times. Earlier in the month I tossed out “Tame,” the first single from the new History of Apple Pie record, but this new one kicks off with even more of a shake to it. There’s a shimmy for listeners, induced by the progression of the chords, while singer Samantha Min coos gently in your ears. But, there’s a nice explosion of pop when you get to the chorus, which is a nice little touch I wasn’t expecting on this track. I feel like you can also hear them channeling Lush a bit, but I guess we’ll all know better when we pick up their new LP, Feel Something, which is out on September 29th via Marshall Teller (no relation to Jacks Teller).

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Playful Pop from The History of Apple Pie

July 10, 2014 nathan.lankford Leave a comment

Keyboards and synchronized drums open the track before Samantha Min joins in the fray. It’s a solid backbone that provides a playful introduction on the newest single from The History of Apple Pie. They stay in the same gear for the duration of the track, interrupted from time to time by a shimmering guitar line that echoes faintly in the background. It’s a song that wins listeners over with its simple approach to writing catchy pop tunes, and there’s likely to be more of that when the group release their second album, Feel Something, on September 30th via Marshall Teller Records.

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