Quite a few guitars this week and they all get cranked.
Hello, Friends.
Record of the Week is Super Snõõper, the absolutely ripping debut LP from Snõõper on Jack White’s Third Man Records. A positive tirade of riffs and high adrenaline punk bangers, the Nashville-based group rattle through 16 tracks in about 8 minutes. The songs flow through a venn diagram of punk, surf rock and garage, with the exception of the bonkers last track that we’ll let you enjoy as a surprise. Really good fun and a proper rush. Expect us to be playing this muchly.
+ Available on 'Clear with Green Wisp' colour vinyl.
A real swooning beauty from Los Angeles-based songwriter Sam Burton this week with his second album, Dear Departed. It was produced with Jonathan Wilson at his Topanga Canyon studio and it has to be said, it sounds so totally luxe! There is a beautiful melancholy to the songs (and Burton’s voice has the perfect languorous melt) and the epic and lush strings really take this one somewhere special.
+ Available on limited and exclusive White colour vinyl.
Off the Tongue is the debut LP from Glasgow/Berlin band Current Affairs and it is full of pounding energy. Mostly fast, it hurtles along with a dark euphoria, but it’s certainly not without changes of pace and gnarled solos. Joan Sweeney is a great front person and her barks and yelps are really infectious.
When Horses Would Run is the new LP from Being Dead. Full of humour, they move through surf rock, freaky pop and a very wonky sort of rock ‘n’ roll without losing the ever forward energy. It doesn’t necessarily sound like it was made recently; we’ve grown pretty fond of this one already.
+ Pressed on ‘Creamsicle’ colour vinyl.
Also this week; Claud returns with Supermodels on Phoebe Bridgers’ Saddest Factory label. Their voice has really developed, the confidence is a big draw. The excellent (and relatively local) Ubiquitous Meh! release the fiery Songs Wrought Wrong / Fecund With Love on FatCat. Experimental and abrasive but still prone to a hook. A couple of limited singles with dura dura from Hot Face on Speedy Wunderground and Thinking About You, the first new music in a while from Beck! Lastly, Working Men's Club return to Heavenly with Minsky Rock Megamix II, a bangin’ 12” with an etched reverse side.
Lots of Reissues incoming too with; Ramona Lisa, Idris Muhammad, Ornette Coleman, Yusef Lateef, Pharoah Sanders and a big dose of Codeine.
- Drift
