Multi-Monthly Wrap-Up 12.08.23

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 three of several.

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Pacing – Annoying Email

The song itself is much more soothing than its subject matter. I am going to start my next work email with the phrase, “I am sorry for your patience/I am thank you.”

vireo – Big Elsewhere

Wistful, banjo-assisted folkiness that brings to mind images of suns rising over misty ocean horizons.

ｊＧＧＺＰＡＴＥＬ- SABBATICAL

Squelches, wobbles, and chirps that will have you head nodding and your foot tapping.

Alyssa Hankey – Hippie of the Hills

A smoldering love letter to rural living, delivered from a place where nobody ever comes, and nobody ever will.

Short Fictions – To Loved Ones Lost in Pursuit of Foolish Passions

Shoestring desperation spilled over the chunkiest of guitars; despite talk of evictions, broken marriages, and ruined lives, it sounds anthemic.

Kutz Diego & Arsinel – Ocean Mist

Pittsburgh-produced, New York-rapped. Who needs percussion with a guitar and vocal loop this sumptuous?

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Artwork by Deni Kuster

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Mrs. Paintbrush – Nickels

A sampling of some of the most off-kilter boasts you’ll hear: “You don’t get bedtime tickles/We get hundreds” ; “I send letters to dead folks I didn’t like” ; “I have penis and ball/I make daughters with wife.”

heart together – drunk dogs

The song teeters, bowlegged, in a state of late-night ennui, moving itself forward despite sounding like it’s going to slump to the ground at any moment.

The Precipice Community Band – Cosmogony

Shows that, if you want to create crisp, elegant jazz compositions, you don’t need anything more than a piano, a bass, and some drums.

Space Weather – Dead Rose Canvas

Knotty grooves and lighting bolt riffs create a proggy thunderstorm that alternately chugs and soars.