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Season 2 Share Becomes a Dream Video

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New on the Melbourne scene is super rad quintet, Season 2; they’ve signed up to release their debut with powerhouse (and ATH fave) labels Upset the Rhythm and Spoilsport Records. We’ve already heard on of the lead singles, and here they are twisting right back with this infectious ditty. There’s a natural bounce to this tune, and its immediacy will have you tapping your toes and shimmying those shoulders as you get to work today. I love the interplay between the various vocalists, pulled off without losing an ounce of speed or emotion; they get a 10 out of 10 on vocal execution! Mid track, the guitar begins to cascade and wiggle looping us right back to the sugary sweetness that sits at the tune’s core. In the end, the video shows a joyous outfit having fun sharing their energy with you, and you can’t ask for more. Well, you can if you grab the Power of Now, out on April 24th.

Gun Outfit Share Unfelt Loss

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While there was a compilation of tracks that popped up in 2021, we haven’t had an official new release from Gun Outfit in nearly a decade. But, they’re back now, with a brand new record for Upset the Rhythm, and this new single has my attention. They offer up a sort of desert psychedelia, with this tune driving forward on a galloping bit of percussion; I love the way the backing vocals sort of blow across the song, tumbling through the track. If you’re as excited as I am, be sure to pick up a copy of Process and Reality, dropping on May 8th.

Season 2 Announce Debut LP

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I love when you wake up and get to hear about something entirely new and refreshing, like Season 2. The Melbourne outfit are delivering a bit of modern post-punk, though even with the revisionist approach, they still feel like they’re sharing heritage with acts like Delta 5 or the Raincoats; the guitars waver between jangling and punk, with a snappy snare keeping the rhythmic pulse of the tune. Thematically, the group are touching upon issues of boredom and the future with the refrain of “life’s passing me by/I’ve been wasting all my time.” It’s a pretty rad sound, and one that has me looking forward to Power of Now, out via Spoilsport/Upset the Rhythm.

Dog Chocolate Drop Green Stuff Video

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While they’ve been laying low for the last few years, Dog Chocolate have popped up to remind us all that in our battle of industrialization, the green stuff “will always win the war.” It’s a furious bit of angular guitar lines dancing around the verses, which, by the way, were written individually by Rob, Andrew and Matthew. Crawling through the speakers like vines, the guitars scratch at our ears, each round amplified by a burst of drum hits that set up the chorus. Back and forth the song goes, much like man’s back and forth with nature…a reminder from the band that it’s a battle we can’t win. This ditty will feature on the group’s new LP, So Inspired, So Done In…out February 27th via Upset the Rhythm.

Dog Chocolate Announce So Inspired So Done In

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UK outfit Dog Chocolate have sat in silence the last several years, but they’re quiet no more, returning today with the announcement of So Inspired, So Done In. They offer up the first single too, which is sort of this off-kilter, punk adjacent rocker, operating with sharp angular notes and a mixture of vocal approaches. Rob’s voice is a little bit of a drone, coming to terms with his self-employment; Andrew takes a different approach, offering up a very British appeal in which he discusses his role of playing a cog in the machine of industrialization. Look for the group’s new LP to arrive next February via Upset the Rhythm.

Linda Smith to Split 7″ with The Smashing Times

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You likely are already aware of our affection for The Smashing Times, but just last week the Baltimore bunch announced a new 7″ with one of their local mates, Linda Smith. When listening to the first single to leak out from the new project, you can hear the bedroom pop majesty from Smith; her song moves at the perfect pace, almost letting the vocals walk atop these grand keyboard/synth samples. That pacing combined with the nature of the vocals allows the listener to slink into the tune itself, while there’s this mysterious nature too, really drawing me deep into the synthetic texture. Looking forward to hearing the whole split EP, which comes out on August 14th via Upset the Rhythm.

Buffet Lunch Drop Whitsun Sound Video

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One of the record’s I’m looking forward to the most in April is the latest LP from Scottish act Buffet Lunch; they’ve got this sound that feels like a study in indie rock, taking the elements that have been in favor, then sort of spinning them as their own yarn, pulling away from the immediacy to reveal a more thought-provoking brand. This jam is in no rush here, trickling on these little samples and discordant rings, steadying before the vocals come in. Things only get more harrowing from there, with the shredding manipulating your senses, almost pushing you away with its sharpness and grating nature; the group push you, twist you, and beg your expectations to evolve with them. They’ll release Perfect Hit via Upset the Rhythm.

Buffet Lunch Prepare Perfect Hit LP

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Amidst the shittiness of the world, we’re greeted with a bit of solace today, with Scottish outfit Buffet Lunch announcing their newest LP, Perfect Hit. They too, are in a mellowed mood, as you’ll notice by color symbolism in the track’s title, though that creates this sort of playful indifference, displaying a group locked into one another whilst vibing out. It takes nearly 2 minutes for the group to work their way out of a jam session, turning the track into this sort of whistling bit of brilliant art pop, all hanging to the cliffs of bounciness. In a way, it sort of feels like a modern take on Park Life, and I’m totally thirsty to hear the whole of the LP; it drops on April 4th via Upset the Rhythm.

Rattle Share Ritual Video

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Nottingham’s drumming duo, Rattle, have a new record coming out on February 28th, and their latest single, which is the album’s opener, is as hypnotic as it’s title would indicate. They quickly settle into their musical groove, offering up eerie vocal notes that echo and then disappear into the air, perhaps a nod to the track’s influence, the Boleskin House in Scotland. Things operate in a similar territory through the first minute, until a verse enters with the refrain “a part of who you are” rings out. They begin to add more texture, working in cymbals as well as the vocals to the tune, fleshing things out beyond five minutes. You can grab their Encircle LP via Upset the Rhythm on February 28th.

The Green Child Release A Long Beautiful Flowing Cape

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On the first single from the Look Familiar, the new LP from the Green Child, the track felt logical; it felt like a progression from their previous release. But, we seem them taking a horizontal step, playing with nuanced electronics and their role in creating negative space as a musical background. Here, they’ve evaded their rolling pop synthetics, instead choosing to work on an almost anti-pop realm. Don’t get me wrong, there’s still some crystalline synth notes that build the space, but Raven seems to be kind of tip-toeing around tradition, sliding in and out of that negative space, with electro beats fluttering behind. Look Familiar is out on November 15th via Upset the Rhythm/Hobbies Galore.

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