Post Punk
Say Psych: Live Review: Avalanche Party @ YES Pink Room, Manchester 03.11.2021
Tonight in Manchester’s YES Pink Room, there is a special line up that people have braved to cold for. Opening are SPLINT, a new band from Manchester who are shrouded in mystery, this being only their third gig. With a sound that ranges from raw, unadulterated garage rock to some psychedelic undertones, they’re a very …
Track: The Terrifying Lows are ‘Waiting For The Sun’: a deliciously dark piece of gothic post punk pop.
The Terrifying Lows is the work of Melbourne-based musician and Gamilaroi artist Tyler Millott, and the new single ‘Waiting For The Sun’ is a deliciously dark piece of gothic post punk pop. An indelible melody and anthemic chorus are delivered across a jangling dark synth/guitar filigree with a sparse evocative bass spine. This is an …
Say Psych: Live Review: Girls In Synthesis @ Rough Trade, Nottingham 23.10.2021
Tonight at Rough Trade, non profit organisation Rock Against Racism Nottingham are hosting London’s Girls In Synthesis. Formed in 2016, they have acquired somewhat of a cult following, and with good reason. If you’re looking for a sound that’s somewhere between something you know really well, and something you’ve never heard before, you don’t have …
See: The brilliant Sydney post punk exponents Johnny Hunter release powerful video for the single ‘Life’
I’ve waxed lyrical about the genius that is Johnny Hunter – one of the most exciting acts in the world at the moment. Their glam theatrical approach is mesmerising and exciting and their songwriting recalls the best of post punk movement with sonorous vocals, icy, edgy guitars and anthemic choruses. Jonny Hunter have just released …
Track: Lily Konigsberg – Sweat Forever
After announcing her debut solo album, ‘Lily We Need To Talk Now’ which is due 29th October via Wharf Cat. Konigsberg has shared the second track off the album – ‘Sweat Forever’ “‘Sweat Forever’ was the first song successfully recorded for the album,” Konigsberg explains. “It’s mostly about the bad part of going through a huge change in your life and the confusion …
Track: Sydney’s glorious Johnny Hunter is back for more with an evocative and shimmering slice of ‘Life’
One of the most exciting and dynamic bands in the antipodean region, in my humble opinion, Johnny Hunter, is back with another exciting release ‘Life’. This follows the July release of ‘The Floor’ (reviewed by me here) and last year’s EP ‘Early Trauma’ (reviewed here). ‘Life’ is infused with the same vitality and theatricality we …
Say Psych: Track Review: KICK – Sirens Never Sleep
‘Sirens Never Sleep’ is the new single by Italian duo KICK, out now via Anomic Records (Germany), Dischi Sotterranei (Italy) and Sour Grapes (United Kingdom), taken from the forthcoming album Light Figures due out in November. Very active live, both in Italy and abroad, KICK are Chiara Amalia Bernardini (vocals, bass) and Nicola Mora (guitars, electric piano, synths, samplers). Their sound combines rough elements alongside more dreamy …
Say Psych: EP Review: A Place to Bury Strangers – Hologram
Hologram is the first release from New York Post-Punk legends A Place To Bury Strangers on their own newly formed label, Dedstrange. It is the follow up to their highly regarded fifth album, Pinned, and is a sonic return to A Place To Bury Strangers’ rawest, most unhinged sound. 2021 welcomed a line-up change, with …
Track: Tom Lumley and the Brave Liaison serve up the exciting ‘Fake Friends’ in anticipation of their album ‘Everything’s Affected’, and announce launch gigs.
Cambridge’s Tom Lumley and the Brave Liaison today release a scything and anthemic track, ‘Fake Friends’, that is a scintillating post punk bash filled with energy and attitude. The guitar attack is sparkling and crunchy, the rhythm section insistent and thunderous and the vocals and melodies urgent and indelible. The track is off the band’s …
Track: Dublin’s TV People unveil a deliciously dark goth-tinged track ‘Out of the Silence’.
The dark sonorous vocals of TV People have carved out a deliciously icy sculpture resting on the delicate instrumentation of ‘Out of the Silence’. There is an imperious and measured delivery, arctic scaling guitars and a meditative pace that evokes a sense of mystery and enigma. ‘Out of the Silence’ very much springs from the …