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A few words about a few local tracks that hit the spot this week ### Strayline. - Circles (feat. blood pact, Jovan Macias) Gentle vocals float through a despondent sea of reverb-drenched guitars and slow motion drums. More from Strayline. Follow on Instagram ### SelfMan7 - Wax (prod. by Du-Beatz) A sample that sounds like … Continue reading Weekly Wrap-Up 05.24.24
Threaded recently released a split with Crash Nebula. Threaded takes shoegaze's foggy guitars and somnolent vocals and stains their pastel-pink hues with murky black ink. The sound is dreamy, but it's one of those dreams where you're trapped in an endless maze of featureless hallways searching desperately for an exit that leads to a place … Continue reading Daily Yinz – Threaded – Swell
The latest single from a band whose music is both dreamy and crushing. Eyewash's 2023 debut EP featured gauzy swirls and metallic chugs alike, and "Bound" finds the quintet pushing its sound even further in both directions. The track's heavy parts hit like battering rams, as the guitars sink down into churning sludge and the … Continue reading Daily Yinz – eyewash – Bound
A few words about a few local tracks that hit the spot this week ### Adam's Purse - Birdie Shoegazey rocker in which melancholy guitars cry out like alien birds taking off from a fuzzy purple tree branch. More from Adam's Purse Follow on Instagram https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihzg4aB20qY ### Neen Fleezy - Werewolf (Christmas Gift) What do … Continue reading Weekly Wrap-Up 02.02.2024
Threaded's debut, Numb to the Taste, is a crushing fever dream. Threaded bury grunge's heavy brood under several weighted anxiety blankets, smothering the bummed-out feelings until they register from far away, through a dissociative haze. The vocals are quiet, almost soothing, while the guitars are distorted, densely layered, and, above all, loud. The churning, regretful … Continue reading Daily Yinz – Threaded – Phantoms
Ex Pilots and Gaadge--two acts that take listeners on pedal-fueled guitar odysseys-recently released a split tape. Project mastermind Ethan Oliva's work with Ex Pilots, much like his outputs with Gaadge, Barlow, and Sober Clones, leans heavily on interstellar riffs, whipcrack drums, and faded, echoing shouts. "Miles of Lace" takes a softer touch than some of … Continue reading Daily Yinz – Ex Pilots – Miles of Lace
In September, noise-poppers Barlow celebrated the 10th anniversary of their first set by releasing an album called Walls of Future. Even though Walls of Future's title wouldn't sound out of place affixed to a big-budget Marvel picture, the album itself, like so many of Barlow's others, is gloriously lo-fi. Recording at home using Logic and … Continue reading Daily Yinz – Barlow – At Home
Photo provided by artist Feeble little horse are a quartet that filters compact pop music through layers of fuzz and electronic sound effects. Their April debut EP, modern tourism, contained five nuggets of bummed out bedroom fare, while their upcoming full-length album, Hayday (due out 10/22 on Julia's War Recordings), raises the group's sound to … Continue reading As Weird As We Can — A Q+A With The Digitized Distortion Junkies of feeble little horse
The dream-poppers of Flower Crown recently released "The Billy" in advance of their album Heat, due out September 24th on Crafted Sounds. The single is a buoyant power-pop anthem that uses chiming, major-key guitars, resonant drums, misty synths, and stacked layers of vocal harmonies to convey a sense of blissed-out optimism; Mojave 3 would be … Continue reading Daily Yinz – Flower Crown – The Billy
Gaadge, a fuzzy pop project that was founded by guitarist/vocalist Mitch DeLong (and also includes several members of Barlow), released "Twenty-Two" today in advance of their March debut, Yeah?. The single is led by a pulsing guitar riff that bends and curls around itself like a tide onto a faded shoreline, and features plenty of … Continue reading Daily Yinz – Gaadge – Twenty-Two
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