To make up for Bored In Pittsburgh’s inactivity over the past several months–life sure does get busy–here’s an extra-long look at some local music that hit the spot recently. Part one of several.
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The Missing Field – Destijl anthologiebonset
The bass line is as steadily jaunty as the rest of the instrumentation is chaotically freeform. Burbly effects abound.
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HER SUIT – ORANGE COMES IN DANGER
A tight, minimalist groove accompanied by vocals that split the difference between whimsical and menacing. Sounds like the band is playing in your closet.
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Kicked in the Head by a Horse – Charles Bonnet
Dissonant, pummeling, shrieking, and jittery. Draws inspiration from Family Guy and Genevan naturalists, not the Dillinger Escape Plan.
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Gloomer – Feel Again
A lament issuing from a pit of spiritual angst, buoyed upward by guitars that shimmer and crunch.
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Artwork by social.living
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Memory Wound – Heian Summer
“Heian” means “peace” in Japanese, and this drifting composition, full of melodic eddies and wisps, embodies the word.
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Artwork by _yonderling_
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jvggy hendrix & KREMMYSIX – birds goin
Over a collection of smoky, atmospheric loops, jvggy rhymes woozily and KREMMYSIX indulges in carefree cold-bloodedness .
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Photo by goutzekillah
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C. Moore Laufman – Jubilee
Scrabbles of guitar and whispered lyrics create a muted, autumnal song about the Fourth of July, a holiday known for being muted and autumnal.
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Little Gunpowder – Philly
Van Halen’s “Jump” if the synthesizer was really sad and the song was a raw confessional about wanting to feel just a little ok.
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Artwork by w0rmfriend222
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Chameleon Treat – Drifting Away
A flanging, psychedelic ode to creative activities. Through a mystical process of transformation, these pursuits–so-called hobbies–become life’s real work, while, in comparison, the day jobs of the world shrivel to mere time drains.
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Artwork by Jowdy Ceramics
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Feralcat and the Wild – Western Smokescreen
Jazz that shreds, metal that sashays. Stomps back and forth between mythic crescendo and saucy strut.
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Artwork by Angela Oddling
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