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Gloomy Reflections (TAS) - A New Dawn of Primeval Wisdom [2022]
Out of Season
Gordo Blackers (Quest Master/Steroid) and Will Spectre (Tarot/The Wizar’d/Crypt Vapor) join forces to create music for haunted forests, iron forges and forgotten sorcery.
0:00 The Occultist Grove
4:59 Primordial Forge
10:33 Emerald Chalice
15:12 The Sacred Manacles
BUY THE TAPE:
AUS: gloomyreflections.bandcamp.com
USA: outofseasonlabel.com
DOWNLOAD:
gloomyreflections.bandcamp.com/album/a-new-dawn-of-primeval-wisdom
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Gloomy Reflections (TAS) - A New Dawn of Primeval Wisdom [2022]
Out of Season
Gordo Blackers (Quest Master/Steroid) and Will Spectre (Tarot/The Wizar’d/Crypt Vapor) join forces to create music for haunted forests, iron forges and forgotten sorcery.
0:00 The Occultist Grove
4:59 Primordial Forge
10:33 Emerald Chalice
15:12 The Sacred Manacles
BUY THE TAPE:
AUS: gloomyreflections.bandcamp.com
USA: outofseasonlabel.com
DOWNLOAD:
gloomyreflections.bandcamp.com/album/a-new-dawn-of-primeval-wisdom
DISCLAIMER:
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![OPTIC NERVE - TRAP DOOR (OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO)
URGE RECORDS [2023]
VINYL PRE-ORDER:
https://urgerecords.bandcamp.com/merch
DOWNLOAD:
https://opticnerve.bandcamp.com/album/angel-numbers
URGE RECORDS:
https://www.instagram.com/urgerecords/
Video by Madeleine Andrews
While still better known for its beach vistas and senate corruption, real heads know that the city of Sydney, Australia has consistently produced some of the most vital underground music of at least the last fifteen years. And amongst this fertile ground, Optic Nerve have emerged as one of its most compelling artists. Their debut album Angel Numbers is irrefutable proof.
So much sets this band apart that its hard to know where to start. For one, there are Gigi De Lacys cut-up lyrics. Delivered with a bark at turns harrowing and triumphant, they honour the nuance of complex frustrations while subverting punks tired trend for abject and simplistic negativity. They are referential, but to a point where it becomes high-concept.
These days it takes a certain amount of self-assuredness to include both a conceptual explainer and a list of footnotes in your records insert. But we can assure you that any pretension is earned by an intellectual rigour. And youll have to take our word for it, because to summarise or paraphrase the lyrical approach and the concepts at work here any further, would only do them a disservice. Okay, a hint: its locus is the heresy of a French Christian Mystic whose thought was centuries ahead of her time when she was burned at the stake. Suffice to say also, that this is the greatest punk record ever to pay homage to Madonnas What It Feels Like For A Girl.
The ambition on display here scales the heights not of ego but of transcendent songwriting. The guitar playing is immaculate and unique, a genius melding of countrified twang and hardcore intensity. The rhythm section pound with bulletproof precision, but are smart enough to know when to cede ground to inspired flourishes of acoustic guitar, interjections of experimental noise and even a flute, which kicks off the album with such flair that love on first listen is unavoidable. And the importance of love is just one thing this record will teach those who pay it close attention....
If you are longing for a band to avoid the same old tropes of disaffection, you need it done with more bile AND more style, then you owe yourself an experience with Optic Nerve.
LYRICS:
touch wood
burning through
(the) hole where my chipping goes
sour you,
follow me home
feel your spit betraying what you see
Trap Door, opens to a jump’d castle
front yard (behind parked cars,) overlooking soccer fields
lightning up my arms
(touch wood)
sneakers on
rib cages
slurs travel
down hallways
no history makes
conditions of this
en clo sure
posed by your lack
answer:
crushed by the weight of this, pess I mism
i try to get up and
navigate this body scraped
Trap Door
opening up
behind parked cars
find the glimmers of joy and work
that lights the way out this world.
sun lit many horizons, out the gate with this folding
bend it in new ways.
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![EXEK - Good Thing They Ripped Up The Carpet
EXEK - Good Thing They Ripped Up The Carpet [2021]
Lulus Sonic Disc Club
The longer you sit the more it grows
If it wasnt a give away by now, EXEK are one of my favourite Australian bands. Each record manages to achieve something markedly different to the last, never afraid to explore weird musical avenues, usually deconstructing elements of punk, post-punk, krautrock, and dub. Perhaps of any previous EXEK release, this may be most representative of their diverse styles. The first half of this record was written and recorded in 2020, while the second half is comprised of a collection of tracks that have been used to contribute to other people’s releases from as early as 2015.
0:00 Palazzo di Propaganda Fide
3:54 Several Souvenirs
8:03 The Plot
14:02 Brittle Relatives
16:08 Orthodox
17:23 Four Stomachs
21:06 The Theme From Judge Judy
25:23 Lottery of Inheritance
29:46 Too Steep A Hill To Climb
Good Thing They Ripped Up the Carpet is the latest LP of deconstructed enchantment from Australian post-punks EXEK. One reaches for the word dreamy but gravitates to phantasmagoric, which also means to change or shift, such as a scene composed of many elements. That describes the technical birth of this LP, too: side A is new material that was written and recorded in 2020, while side B is a compilation of tracks that have been used to contribute to other people’s releases.
Since the second half is an amalgamation of tracks across both place and time – the oldest is from 2015, while the newest hasn’t been released yet – it only made sense for side A to mimic that variegated quality. Hip-hop, krautrock, ambient, straight PiL worship, new wave romantic pop, field recordings from Japan, and a solo that tips the hat at Black Sabbath’s “NIB” all figure into this wide-ranging collection of songs. EXEK tends to be classified as post-punk, but they excel most at the lesser-punk elements of that descriptor; trippy dub, meditative motorik, and self-sampling as sonic propellant.
Menacing textures, eerie and introspective moods, majestic lyrics, manipulated voices, bending time and warping pitch. Good Thing They Ripped Up the Carpet braids together all these disparate threads, a funhouse ride through refracted memories and future worlds. - Ana Gavrilovska
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https://exek.bandcamp.com/album/good-thing-they-ripped-up-the-carpet
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https://lulusmelb.com
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![Peace Vaults - S/T EP
Peace Vaults (Austria) - S/T EP [2022]
Födweg
New blood from the viennese gutters. Amidst the vile and hostile ravines of sooted stone and waste filled waters is a glade to be found - Peace Vaults erect four pillars of crude and stoic Black Metal, guided by luring vocals and synth melodies, which shimmer like ominously kaleidoscopic light through cracks in the walls of rat filled sewers.
0:00 Fortress
3:55 Schism Spell
6:11 Bitter Mirth
8:40 Brilliant Mass
11:35 A Messenger Came To Me In A Dream
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https://peacevaults.bandcamp.com/album/s-t
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![SNÕÕPER - FITNESS (OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO)
SNÕÕPER - FITNESS (OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO) [2023]
Third Man Records
Second single from “Super Snooper” LP out on Third Man Records July 14th
Directed/Edited by Blair Tramel
Shot by Sean Booz
TOUR DATES:
Athens, GA @ 40 Watt
Sat. June 3 - Savannah, GA @ Dog Days Fest ^
Sun. June 4 - Atlanta, GA @ Sabbath ^
Mon. June 5 - Nashville, TN @ Soft Junk ^
AUSTRALIA
Fri. June 16 - Gold Coast, AU @ Vinnies Dive Bar #
Sat. June 17 - Brisbane, AU @ The Bearded Lady #
Thu. June 22 - Wollongong, AU @ La La Laʼs *
Fri. June 23 - Sydney, AU @ Oxford Art Factory #+
Sun. June 25 - Newcastle, AU @ Hamilton Station Hotel
Thu. June 29 - Canberra, AU @ Sideway Bar *
Fri. June 30 - Melbourne, AU @ Last Chance Rock & Roll Bar %
Sat. July 1 - Melbourne, AU @ Nighthawk’s
Sun. July 2 - San Francisco, CA @ Mosswood Meltdown
Thu Jul 5 - Vancouver, BC Green Auto
Fri Jul 7 - Portland, OR Doug Fir Lounge
Sat Jul 8 - Seattle, WA Clock Out Lounge
* w/ Teevee Repairman
^ w/ Prison Affair
# w/GEE TEE
+ w/ R.M.F.C.
% w/ Parsnip & Smooch
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![DEMOLITION - NIKESHOX TERROR (OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO)
DEMOLITION [AUS] - NIKESHOX TERROR (OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO) [2022]
Disinfect Records
Sydney Hardcore featuring members of Oily Boys, Taipan, Rapid Dye
Demo out soon on Disinfect Records
@sexyromance.sydney
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![FUGITIVE BUBBLE - DOVES FLY (OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO)
FUGITIVE BUBBLE - DOVES FLY (OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO) [2021]
Stucco Label
Doves Fly taken from No Outside EP
Video by Logan Devlin and Fugitive Bubble
Directed by Perry Hohlstein
Costume design by Alexx Valencia
DOWNLOAD:
https://stuccolabel.bandcamp.com/album/no-outside
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![POLUTE - S/T 7
POLUTE [AUS] - S/T 7 [2022]
Legless Records
Ploute is straight up nasty and sleezy Australian rock n roll. 4 tracks of speed fulled riffs and shredding vocal cords, this is power and you can go get fucked.
0:00 Dirty Swig
1:59 Break Out
4:38 Where Dogs Go To Die
6:52 Stoned Rider
BUY THE 7:
https://leglessrecords.bandcamp.com/merch
DOWNLOAD:
https://polute.bandcamp.com/album/polute
CREDITS:
Drums / Vocals - Ben Portnoy (C.O.F.F.I.N, White Dog, Research Reactor Corp, Satanic Togas)
Guitar - Arron Mawson (STIFF RICHARDS, Split System, Doe St)
Bass - Brendan Stringer (Cutters)
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![Poison Ruïn - Not Today, Not Tomorrow 7
Poison Ruïn (PA, USA) - Not Today, Not Tomorrow 7 [2022]
Roachleg Records
0:00 Not Today, Not Tomorrow
5:06 Parade Of Phantoms
6:46 Edifice
BUY THE 7:
https://www.imitateahuman.com
DOWNLOAD:
https://poisonruin.bandcamp.com/album/not-today-not-tomorrow
https://roachlegrecords.bandcamp.com/album/poison-ru-n-not-today-not-tomorrow
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![QUEST MASTER - CORPORATE CRYSTALS (OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO)
QUEST MASTER [AUS] - CORPORATE CRYSTALS [2025]
Out of Season
Corporate Crystals taken from the Obscure Power LP.
Video by QM
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![FUGITIVE BUBBLE - BLUE FLAME (OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO)
FUGITIVE BUBBLE (WA) - BLUE FLAME (OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO) [2022]
Brand new Fugitive Bubble track Blue Flame, taken from an upcoming release.
Video shot and edited by Logan Devlin.
Special effects by Perry Holstein.
You can catch Fugitive Bubble LIVE at one of the following July dates:
20th NYC Tv Eye
21st NJ House Show
23rd Philly Photo Club
24th Richmond Swingers
25th DC, Chill Factory
26th Pittsburgh Collision
27th Cleveland Little Rose
28th Rochester Rosen Krown
29th Cambridge Lilypad
30th Providence Holiday Inn
31st NYC Trans Pecos
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![Poison Ruïn - S/T LP
Poison Ruïn - S/T LP [2021]
URGE RECORDS
Coming off what was one of the biggest highlights of 2020, into one of the biggest highlights of 2021. The Poison Ruïn Self-Titled LP has finally arrived. Featuring the full first tape along with 5 new tracks on the B side, sounding as though the two sides were basically made and recorded in the same session.
The unique blend of punk, post-punk, heavy metal, and dungeon synth totally has me hooked on this project. Theres an execution here that comes across as completely natural without sounding at all forced together, existing outside of any existing trend right now imo.
If you dig the record, I encourage you to go and buy a copy of the vinyl record to support the band and label, links are down below.
0:00 Carrion
3:49 Crucifix
6:24 Demon Wind
10:14 Sacrosanct
12:28 Fog of War
15:50 Paladins Wrath
19:32 Doppelgänger
23:30 Morning Star
26:30 Exiles
29:35 Hell Hounds
BUY THE VINYL:
https://urgerecords.bandcamp.com/merch
https://www.urgerecords.com
BUY THE TAPE:
https://poisonruin.bandcamp.com/releases
DOWNLOAD:
https://urgerecords.bandcamp.com/album/s-t-lp
https://poisonruin.bandcamp.com/releases
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