Rolling Post-Punk Thread

More on Grave Pleasures: http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/grave-pleasures-signs-with-sony-prepares-to-record-new-album/

Major label release in September, interesting. They've become quite the supergroup, with members of The Oath, In Solitude, Hexvessel and Oranssi Pazuzu!

Bizarre. Also I hope this doesn't break up Oranssi Pazuzu; we've already lost In Solitude!

Ceremony - The L-Shaped Man (Matador)
http://fastnbulbous.com/ceremony-the-l-shaped-man/

They played at 924 Gilman in Berkeley earlier this week, anyone see 'em?

City Calm Down - Rabbit Run
https://soundcloud.com/iohyouparty/city-calm-down-rabbit-run

new track, Rabbit Run from Melbourne's impressive, City Calm Down

sounds like a vintage Echo & the Bunnymen track

'Rabbit Run' is the first single to be lifted off City Calm Down's highly anticipated debut album 'In A Restless House', which will be released via I OH YOU on the 11th of September, 2015.

every track they have released so far has been high quality, so follow on spotify.

https://nakedlights.bandcamp.com/album/on-nature

i think they just broke up and played their last gig a couple weeks ago

Was just emailing one of them a few days ago on facebook...didn't sound like they've broken up.

Lower - At The Endless Party

Any updates on the "Now That's What I Call DIY" comp? Our man Dan is writing the liner notes, but I heard there's a legal issue delaying it?

Liner notes is a reprint of an article I wrote. Legal issue had to do with the title, I think he had to make new artwork? Not sure what the timing is, will let Stirmonster show up with the answers.

The Viet Cong record is very post-punk and my favorite album of the year. in fact, I can't think of the last album that I played this much.

Saw them live a couple months back too and they were great.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zW1kP99mok4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdMz7BUtOvk

Surprised it hasn't been mentioned in this thread yet.

dubby post-punk

Cured Pink - (I'm) Swimming
https://soundcloud.com/ripsociety/cured-pink-im-swimming

RIP049. Cured Pink - As A Four Piece Band LP
Out July 31, 2015.

As A Four Piece Band
by Cured Pink
https://curedpink.bandcamp.com/album/as-a-four-piece-band

check back for new tracks

Shout out for the Algiers record - there's definitely a bit of the Birthday Party in their genes, but much else besides

There's a new Ought album out soon. Rather excited about that.

Yes, the "Beautiful Blue Sky" single is promising!

Also that Desperate Journalist record sounds really good - had it recommended by a friend who suggested Morrissey should appropriate their style for his solo stuff, getting Mozzy vibes from it.

Thanks for all the updates! Viet Cong has been at the top of a lot of post-punk lists all year and got a ton of publicity (negative mostly) for kerfuffles over their name. I like 'em fine but didn't think to mention 'em because of their relative ubiquity. I was a little late on the Algiers album, just heard it a few weeks back, and I like the soul/gospel vocal treatment over the dirgey post-punk (yeah, some early Birthday Party in there!), like a darker variation of early TVOTR.

Looking forward to these:

Grave Pleasures - Dreamcrash (Columbia) 4-Sep
The Libertines - Anthems For Doomed Youth (Harvest) 11-Sep - Heh. Could be terrible, who knows.
Ought - Sun Coming Down (Constellation) 18-Sep
Protomartyr - The Agent Intellect (Hardly Art) 9-Oct - https://protomartyr.bandcamp.com/album/the-agent-intellect
Wax Idols - American Tragic (Collect) 16-Oct

Hand Of Dust - Debut album coming out this fall from very promising Danish post-punkers with an extra dose of garage noir blues. Check out their previous EPs:
https://handofdust.bandcamp.com/album/walk-in-white
https://handofdust.bandcamp.com/album/without-grace-or-glory
https://handofdust.bandcamp.com/album/tape

Another Danish band I'm more on the fence about is Communions. Early Echo is good, but maybe too much 90s Verve, Stone Roses in there for my comfort.

https://open.spotify.com/artist/0R8TAmoXJnoB6ro5cp1XdI
https://soundcloud.com/poshisolation/communions-cobblestones
https://soundcloud.com/tough-love/communions-so-long-sun-1
https://youtu.be/xSM5Tre3lzY
https://youtu.be/FQN7uacxnQY

This has been making rounds on Facebook of all places, Nervous Curtains - Devastator, sounds very post-punk funk, upcoming album produced by Daron Beck of Pinkish Black. They're right in EZ's backyard so he might know more...

https://m.soundcloud.com/nervous-curtains/devastator

Re-issue of Sound side-project Second Layer, including EPs, but vinyl only, bastards - http://www.darkentriesrecords.com/store/dark-entries/second-layer-world-of-rubber-2xlp/#tab-description

Yeah, at least give me a digital-only option!

Speaking of vinyl/digital....

Mail order for the two Sunday Painters is open, and the records should go out in the next week or so. Street date of August 28.

Something To Do, originally released 1982 in a run of 500 copies. Now 1000 copies, with a download card that includes the Any Port in a Storm live tape

4th Annual Report, originally released 1985 in a run of 250 copies. Now 1000 copies, with a download card that includes a live, radio show from '82.

Out back in January, was the singles comp LP, In My Dreams, whose tracks are up on YouTube. 500 copies then. 500 more now.

http://whatsyourrupture.bigcartel.com

There's some new audio up on Soundcloud, to the gothy side of their many sounds:

https://soundcloud.com/krazypunx/sunday-painters-something-to-do

https://soundcloud.com/krazypunx/sunday-painters-shattered-lens

Dark Entries make me sad by doing deluxe vinyl-only reissues of things I'd very much buy a legit digital/CD issue of, or even a cheaper vinyl to get shelved immediately while I listen to the music by, uhh, other means.

Though looking at their site maybe it's shipping to the UK which is the main expense when I sigh over their reissues costing £20+ at UK distributors, and I realise the vinyl-only thing must make business sense and I'm basically weird in preferring CDs over vinyl and not really wanting any more physical stuff anyway.

CD's are gross.

Dark Entries usually does very stripped-down vinyl releases with only minimal inserts. Not particularly deluxe! I mean, this recent Second Layer reissue is a double LP for $24.99 in the US, which is pretty good. To get to that price, there's no gatefold, and the insert is a double-sided page. But I see that the Amazon UK price is (converted to dollars) $32. Maybe they need to strike a better distro deal with somebody....Though we get hit pretty hard over here with small-run UK reissues too.

There was a CD for the BART comps, and Josh is hardly some sort of analog purist (and he's well aware of the flaws of vinyl), but I've never asked him about why he doesn't do downloads. It would be nice. Like many people doing reissues, we found it a great way to include interesting material of lesser fidelity. Most pressing plants will support downloads for not too much extra.

With both collector and reissue vinyl being expensive, most music obsessives I know understand the value of a bargain-bin CD. It's often what I find myself buying at record fairs these days....

cds are beautiful

This comes out Friday:

The Underground Youth - Haunted (Fuzz Club)
http://fuzzclub.com/products/pre-order-the-underground-youth-haunted-1
https://youtu.be/DEyjufTCwnM

https://fuzzclub.bandcamp.com/album/haunted

Also out tomorrow, Grave Pleasures - Dreamcrash. At least in Europe. I thought all release dates were supposed to be consolidated, but this is a throwback to releasing in the U.S. for either 9/18 or October. Pre-orders are not available at non-import prices, the three YouTube singles can't even be played in the U.S. Ridiculous. I got ahold of a leak and was surprised to hear Matt McNerney (who's other band, Hexvessel, just signed to Century Media) sounding like Ian McCulloch of Echo & The Bunnymen. With members of The Oath, In Solitude and Oranssi Pazuzu, it's interesting to hear them getting not heavier, but more pop, along the lines of Love-era The Cult and similar era Siouxsie. There's still darkness anchored in Joy Division, while maintaining brisk tempos along the lines of Bunnymen's Crocodiles or even the first Editors album. Death rock? Naw, it's poppy psychedelic post-punk, and it's really good!

https://youtu.be/FOPTBAM60SY?list=PLgvWw_0NgAxSqwm7D-mJNZ9nejk7de185

Fastnbulbous, Australian post-punk band Gold Class are releasing their debut album this week, September 4th - that should be right up your street

Stark, brooding and brilliant Gold Class give their debut It’s You the Midas touch
http://hhhhappy.com/stark-brooding-and-brilliant-gold-class-give-their-debut-its-you-the-midas-touch/

Stream Gold Class It’s You (Stereogum Premiere)
http://www.stereogum.com/1827249/stream-gold-class-its-you-stereogum-premiere/mp3s/

On their debut album It’s You, Australia’s Gold Class plays like a brilliant post-punk compendium — the jagged yet chiming guitars of Jawbox and Fugazi, the lockstep rhythm section and dreary climes of Gang Of Four and Joy Division, a quavering bellow that bridges the gap between Morrissey and Glenn Danzig. You could throw dozens more references out and most of them would fit; these guys seem to have swallowed up an entire genre’s worth of history and ended up titans of the form.

Gold Class - It's You (Album Stream)
https://soundcloud.com/felte/sets/gold-class-its-you-album-stream
Gold Class’ debut album 'It’s You' will be released via felte (US/UK) & Spunk Records (AUS/NZ)

check the track perverts - the vocalist sounding like Morrissey joining a harsh post-punk band

bandcamp
http://goldclass.bandcamp.com/album/its-you

good news, the album has join gone live on Spotify UK.

Thanks, I've been following them, but wouldn't have known about it until Bandcamp sends an email today. They should send a heads-up sooner!

Lunch - Let Us Have Madness Openly

I was skeptical based on the band's name, the album title, and their promo video (not the one below), but this is quickly becoming a favorite. Label describes them as a mix of Gun Club and Echo and the Bunnymen.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WW_D1crNksM

https://lunchpdx.bandcamp.com/track/bad-cut

Interesting! Doesn't seem available for purchase thru the Bandcamp page.

Also interesting is that I had no clue the Grave Pleasures was going to be released on Metal Blade. The deal must have just been completed VERY recently, hence the fact that CDs won't be available until November.

Grave Pleasures releases "Dreamcrash" via Metal Blade Records today in the US

Grave Pleasures from Finland have officially released their debut album "Dreamcrash" via Metal Blade Records in the US, and Sony Columbia worldwide. Formed out of the debris of the band Beastmilk - the band that had indie fans, goths, punks and the music press dancing to their highly praised debut album "Climax" in 2013 - Grave Pleasures are taking the concept of the apocalypse one step further.

Watch the brand new video for "New Hip Moon" and order "Dreamcrash" now at metalblade.com/gravepleasures. The album is available digitally now, with CDs to be released on November 13, and vinyl to arrive in early 2016.

Grave Pleasures consists of singer/songwriter Mat McNerney (also of Hexvessel), bassist Valtteri Arino, guitarist/songwriter Linnéa Olsson (The Oath, Sonic Ritual), drummer Uno Bruniusson (In Solitude, Procession) - as well as live and studio session guitarist Juho Vanhanen (Oranssi Pazuzu).

In May of this year, this impressive line-up entered the studio together with award-winning producer Tom Dalgety (Killing Joke, Royal Blood). The result is a complex and feverish set of modern rock songs. Urban tribal rhythms; potent melancholia; raw pop sensibility; irreverent ferociousness - "Dreamcrash" is seductive in its surrealism one minute, and a cold shower of harsh reality the next.

"I am concerned with a total collapse of our dreams", says Mat McNerney. "Hacking out this feverish, frantic and very uninhibited music, it exposes and lays raw some intense emotions. As we get deeper and closer to capturing the spirit of what we set out for this band to be, we are touching some vital nerves. It's getting under the skin, under the flesh."

The Lunch album isn't available to purchase on their own Bandcamp page, but it's available from their label's Bandcamp:

http://massmediarecords.bandcamp.com/album/let-us-have-madness-openly

http://fastnbulbous.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/2015-midyear-post-punk-rundown.jpg

Mid-Year Post-Punk Rundown: Grave Pleasures, Algiers, Ought, Lunch + More
http://fastnbulbous.com/mid-year-post-punk-rundown-grave-pleasures-algiers-ought-lunch-more/
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/user/1212496385/playlist/75r8HcPBNdBhzRBvPQIZTQ

this album is rad: http://soundcloud.com/habitualnourishment/sets/positive-energy

new track from Danish post-punk band Lower

Lower - At the Endless Party
https://open.spotify.com/track/5ZBGuFoTEc6Yh800KypuHH

this track sounds very 80s - like some aural mix of: Wah (Pete Wylie) / New Model Army / Morrissey / The Jam / The Clash

from the new ep
I'm a Lazy Son... But I'm the Only Son
https://rateyourmusic.com/release/ep/lower/im_a_lazy_son____but_im_the_only_son/

Coolies (New Zealand) on Feeding Tube, and Negative Scanner. Too lazy to see if those have been mentioned above.

Talk about waiting last-minute to announce a release! I'd been looking for news on the Hand Of Dust for months, I didn't even know a title, and now it's coming out next week, Oct 5!

Hand Of Dust - Like Breath Beneath A Veil (Avant!)
http://www.post-punk.com/hand-of-dust-encased-in-amber-song-premiere/

Coolies (New Zealand) on Feeding Tube, and Negative Scanner. Too lazy to see if those have been mentioned above.

― Michael Train, Sunday, 20 September 2015 23:16 (2 weeks ago)

Sweeeeeeet, new Coolies.

Also from NZ: new album from Girls Pissing On Girls Pissing, Scrying In Infirmary Architecture. This Heat/Pere Ubu-ish (+ NZ stuff like Skeptics, and with Coil worldview if not sonics) w/mixed vox; their last two, 2011's Tangiwai & 2013's Eeling, are worth checking out.

https://nervouscurtains.bandcamp.com/

New album Con is sounding totally rad rn

Wonder if I should give Ava Luna another shot (Gang of 4 with some Dirty Projectors mix on first listen)

I was set to see them Sunday, but Protomartyr just cancelled their tour due to another family death.

http://fastnbulbous.com/post-punkgarage-noir-protomartyr-hand-of-dust-kill-west/

Sorry about their family death(s), but am kinda underwhelmed by Protomartyr (who recently got a favorable Washington Post writeup in addition to yours). They sound like they learned post-punk and some early 80s punk in music school, and the singer's voice doesn't do too much for me.

Hopping on the love for Shopping. I saw them last week warming up for Shannon and the Clams and they blew me away. Great songs, playing and stage presence, super fun.

Yeah I just realized Shopping had a new album when I did a post-punk search on RYM last night! Nice surprise.

xp: Re Protomartyr, I can see both sides but the hyperbolic praise (check out the slavering reviews on Sound Opinions (http://soundopinions.org/show/518) where they say the album is like a timeless classic was a bit much. I'm in the middle -- I do find his vocals underwhelming, and Casey is self-deprecating about them, describing them as "being yelled at by a fat guy." But the band and lyrics are top notch.

I like them, but to my ear they sound a like a more polished version of either Disappears or the Ponys from Chicago.

Anything else we should check out from this year? This one I kept forgetting about until last week, and I like it pretty well:

Publicist UK - Forgive Yourself (Relapse)
https://publicistuk.bandcamp.com/

I kind of feel like maybe the Zun Zun Egui album might deserve some coverage here...I really like it, anyways:

https://youtu.be/XpRiNV_DwWw

check out this album:

Cold Showers - Matter of Choice
http://thequietus.com/articles/18521-cold-showers-matter-of-choice-review

Also:

Heat Dust - Heat Dust
https://theflenser.bandcamp.com/album/heat-dust

and. Vision Fortune - Country Music, which isn't on bandcamp but is very post punk

I need to listen to that Cold Showers more -- I really liked their first one but didn't warm to this one immediately. Also should probably listen to the new Soft Moon again since seeing it show up in the Quietus EOY. I wrote it off after one listen but I did love their first one though not the second.

Other somewhat post-punky stuff I've been enjoying this year that I don't think has been mentioned:

Flesh World - The Wild Animals in My Life
https://ironlungpv.bandcamp.com/album/the-wild-animals-in-my-life-lp-lungs-064

Girls Names - Arms Around a Vision (and Zero Triptych single)
https://soundcloud.com/tough-love/girls-names-a-hunger-artist
https://soundcloud.com/tough-love/girls-names-zero-triptych

Cold Beat - Into the Air
https://soundcloud.com/cold-beat-2/outrunning-shadows