Rolling Post-Punk Thread

My Favorite Post-Punk Albums of 2017

1 Idles - Brutalism (Balley)
2 Anwar Sada​t - Ersa​tz Livi​ng (Broken World Media)
3 WALL - Untitled (Wharf Cat)
4 Grave Pleasures - Motherblood (Century Media)
5 Wire - Silver/Lead (Pinkflag)
6 Drab Majesty - The Demonstration (Dais)

Haha awesome!

https://youtu.be/qGREPm3SAFw

Shopping ‘s Edwin Collins produced album is ok in a Au Pairs kinda way. They’re doing some US gigs with French Vanilla

Yeah, Shopping was my first pp purchase of the year. It's good but they haven't evolved quite as much as I'd expect. My list so far:

Shopping - The Official Body (FatCat) | Bandcamp
Frigs - Basic Behaviour (Arts & Crafts) | Bandcamp
Shame - Songs Of Praise (Dead Oceans) | Bandcamp
Neon Lights - A Slice Of Life (ACNL) | Bandcamp
Monochrome Set - Maisieworld (Tapete) | Buy
Dreamweapon - SOL (Fuzz Club) | Bandcamp
Mamuthones - Fear On The Corner (Rocket) | Bandcamp
Ought - Room Inside The World (Merge) | Bandcamp
The Men - Drift (Sacred Bones) | Bandcamp

I'm excited to see that the three For Against albums from the 90s will be reissued in a PledgeMusic campaign with extra goodies. I don't think they gave a release date yet.

https://www.pledgemusic.com/projects/foragainst

It just gave a date when I did my pledge/pre-order, August 1. Though they said we'd receive music (CDs and dl in my case) "well before" the release date.

Whoa- I didn't know there was a new Ought out.

you you you you ought to know

Can't believe I missed this last year.
https://goldclass.bandcamp.com/album/drum

Catching up on stuff showing up in RYM:

https://santalibrada.bandcamp.com/releases
https://moaning.bandcamp.com/releases
https://snapeau.bandcamp.com/
https://edschradersmusicbeat.bandcamp.com/
https://voxlowparis.bandcamp.com/
https://criminalbody.bandcamp.com/releases
https://wharfcatrecords.bandcamp.com/album/somewhere-else
https://windatlas.bandcamp.com/album/an-edible-body

The new Ought is an interesting step forward for them. The vocalist has mostly ditched the sneering nasal tone and gone for full-throated Morrissey/Robert Smith histrionics - in a good way. The production is tasteful and suits the songs. Enjoying it so far.

Bambara - Shadow On Everything

https://bambara.bandcamp.com/album/shadow-on-everything

Looks like they've been around for 10 years or so but hadn't heard of these guys before. Really like their new album on first listen -- heavy Bad Seeds / These Immortal Souls / Crime + City Solution vibes.

Out today:

L.A.'s Second Still, who debuted last year with S/T full length, have two EPs. Part Time Punks is live in studio, including a For Against cover.
https://secondstill.bandcamp.com/album/equals-ep
https://secondstill.bandcamp.com/album/part-time-punks-session

Heads - Collider (May 4)
https://corpseflowerrecords.bandcamp.com/album/heads-collider-2

Iceage - Beyondless (May 4)
http://smarturl.it/Beyondless

LIINES - Stop-Start (May 4)
https://liines.bandcamp.com/album/stop-start

Wax Idols - Happy Ending (May 16)
https://waxidols.bandcamp.com/album/happy-ending

Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever - Hope Downs (Jun 15)
https://rollingblackoutscoastalfever.bandcamp.com/

LIINES? are you kidding me with this? Jesus.

Perhaps the great reissues of The Lines on your label inspired them to bite the name!

Speaking of For Against, there's 16 days left in their Pledge campaign for the 90s albums reissues, and are just at 64% of goal. I hate to see it fail!

https://www.pledgemusic.com/projects/foragainst

Or the other band that called themselves the Lines.

I was looking for a thread on Ought but this will do. I loved this band's first album, hated the second one and I think I like this one so far. All told, I'm starting to think of them as a sort of post-punk tribute band who change who they're being each album.

First album = Television
Second album = The Fall
Third album = The Cure

Even the singer seems to change his style so drastically I wonder if they've replaced him

It's the same singer, but he's singing a lot in a different register that he didn't use as much on the previous album. I've never heard the first album - I should rectify that - but I liked the 2nd album a lot, and I like the 3rd one too. They still do that thing were the refrain is a jarring contrast from the verses, or the song detours into another whole weird part half-way through, however the songs seem more cohesive to me this time out, though maybe also a bit less frenetic. They sort of remind me of lots of British post-punk bands in a vague and non-specific way.

I'm really starting to fall in love with the Ought album. I found the second album a bit messy and disappointing but this one is so passionate and full of little details. they're turning into fantastic songwriters and the singer has is extremely diverse. starting to turn into AOTY for me

I've now decided to listen to it on shuffle with the other albums and it's clearly their best one. The songwriting is much more finely-tuned and Darcy comes across as a hugely convincing and talented frontman.

Having never heard them before, I came across this on your fb. Thought it was Scott Walker singing at first! This is really good.

Yes it's very Scott Walker in places

I'm glad I caught your recommendation, it's really good. 'Take Everything' is a standout track on first listen.

I like These Three Things - some welcome electronic textures on that one

Fotocrime - Principle Of Pain
https://fotocrime.bandcamp.com/album/principle-of-pain

Weathered Statues - Borderlands
https://weatheredstatues1.bandcamp.com/album/borderlands

Criminal Code - 2534
https://derangedrecords.bandcamp.com/album/2534

Peluché's album is out tomorrow. A very ODYSHAPE vibe. Here's the single, released earlier this year

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJNKO9XsurM

Weirdo rock from Orange county:

https://thegardenmusic.bandcamp.com/album/mirror-might-steal-your-charm

sorry if this has been mentioned:

https://exek.bandcamp.com/album/ahead-of-two-thoughts

Can't stop listening to this The Garden album. Sort of like if early Ween smoked less pot and listened to Ariel Pink and Tune-yards.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yM7-RXWp3Q8

that's good. new to me. just bought it all on bandcamp. thanks.

I think I just bought 2 eps and then an LP that compiles those two eps. Ooops. All digital though.

LP out in north america on Deranged

their videos are all nuts

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6VHmmZrIDk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uy-RdU088to

I dunno does this belong here? Somewhere between UK DIY, post-punk and no wave (mostly in the guitars). Loving this right now.

http://lithics.bandcamp.com/

Ya, Lithics got some love in one of the year-end lists, forget which.

Bambara - Shadow On Everything (I may have mentioned this earlier as it's been in rotation all year. Interestingly Idles' Joe Talbot talked them up in MOJO as his favorite album of the year, "[Singer/lyricist] Reid Bateh brings this savage realism but the noir-ish depth of the music takes you away on Birthday Party-type vibes. I just love everything they do - and I think they're one of the best live acts I've ever seen. They're from Atlanta, Georgia but based in Brooklyn. They're violent and passionate, interested and interesting and good-looking, and they're much cooler than we are.")
ГШ (Glintshake) - Польза (Benefit) (Russian post-punk. They've toyed with some avant prog, and this too has a few sprawling tracks at 8:14 to 12:41)
C.C.T.V. - Season Finale EP (Indiana art punk/post-punk band, third EP features Jerky Boys style radio bits.)
Body Type - Body Type EP (Melbourne jangly garage pop/punk)
Neurotic Fiction - Pulp Music (UK jangly pop/punk)
Spiritual Cramp - Television (San Francisco chaotic post-hardcore art rock, Deranged compiled their EPs and recent single. I saw them earlier this year, amazing. Admire the tambourine player's total commitment)
ILL - We Are ILL (whacky Manchester psychedelic post-punk)
L.A. Witch - Octubre EP (garage punk noir)
Public Practice - Distance Is A Mirror EP (NY, members of WALL)
Ganser - Odd Talk (Chicago energetic post-punk)
180dB - "Road Trip" single (Savages' Ayşe Hassan & Fay Milton with guests Meredith Graves of Perfect Pussy and Nick Zinner. WANT MORE)

Crack Cloud, Color TV and Sore Points are all interesting entries in the Deranged catalog, but I like Spiritual Cramp the most by far.

I eventually got the Peluché album and while they don't seem to self-identify as post-punk ("trip-jam"? that's new to me), I do hear some Raincoats. Very nice! Speaking of Raincoats influence, Bas Jan has another take on the sound, which I also noted in the year-end thread per the Drift list (#63 Bas Jan - Yes I Jan). They also released a new EP on Friday that already shows them evolving.

https://lostmap.bandcamp.com/album/instant-nostalgia

Pill's new album didn't hit me as much as the first one but it's pretty good

lithics is great

BTW, the C.C.T.V. EP doesn't seem to be available anywhere other than YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jEDB12x09o4

I'm spending more time with Ought again. Is that still a big favorite for those who were discussing it earlier in the year? It has been growing on me. I'm hearing some Dismemberment Plan in places.

I have concluded that I enjoy the following 2018 post-punk releases:

Idles - Joy as an Act of Resistance
Iceage - Beyondless
Preoccupations - New Material
The Skull Defekts - The Skull Defekts

I still like the Ought a lot. It's up there with The Garden and Vital Idles for me.

Punk, Post-Punk & Hardcore

1. Bambara – Shadow On Everything
2. The Native Cats – John Sharp Toro
3. Bas Jan – Yes I Jan
4. Santa Librada – Santa Librada
5. Dream Wife – Dream Wife
6. Viagra Boys – Street Worms
7. Ought – Room Inside The World
8. ILL – We Are ILL
9. Iceage – Beyondless
10. LITHICS – Mating Surfaces
11. Glintshake – Benefit
12. Shopping – The Official Body
13. Spiritual Cramp – Television
14. LIINES – Stop-Start
15. Public Practice – Distance Is A Mirror EP
16. The Common Cold – Shut Up! Yo Liberals!
17. The Native Cats – Spiro Scratch EP
18. Bas Jan – Instant Nostalgia EP
19. Idles – Joy As An Act Of Resistance
20. Bodega – Endless Scroll
21. Flasher – Constant Image
22. C.C.T.V. – Season Finale EP
23. Preoccupations – New Material
24. Ganser – Odd Talk
25. Second Still – Equals EP
26. Esben And The Witch – Nowhere
27. Girls Names – Stains On Silence
28. Mock Identity – Paradise
29. Dumb – Seeing Green
30. Drug Church – Cheer

31. Fucked Up – Dose Your Dreams
32. The Aints – The Church Of Simultaneous Existence
33. Big Kizz – Music Is Magic
34. Spiritual Cramp – Police State EP
35. GØGGS – Pre Strike Sweep
36. The Ex – 27 Passports
37. Hashteroid – Hashteroid
38. Teksti-TV 666 – Aidattu Tulevaisuus
39. High Priests – Spinning
40. Little Ugly Girls – Little Ugly Girls
41. Heads. – Collider
42. EXEK – Ahead Of Two Thoughts
43. Liars – TWTWF
44. Frigs – Basic Behaviour
45. The Pier – Dead Reckoning
46. Fotocrime – Principle Of Pain
47. Patois Counselors – Proper Release
48. Motorama – Many Nights
49. The Tropes – Bottom Of The Ocean
50. Snape – Always
51. Exploded View – Obey
52. Hank Wood And The Hammerheads – Hank Wood And The Hammerheads EP
53. Vertigo – V2
54. The Number Ones – Another Side Of The Number Ones EP
55. Shiny Darkly – Bronze
56. VOWWS – Under The World
57. NONN – XVII
58. Parquet Courts – Wide Awake!
59. Sierpien – Renovation
60. Interpol – Marauder
61. Weathered Statues – Borderlands
62. Nopes – Stapler
63. Damagers – Victory EP
64. The Soft Moon – Criminal
65. Rotten Mind – Fading Into Oblivion
66. Bush Tetras – Take The Fall EP
67. Shame – Songs Of Praise
68. Neon Lights – A Slice Of Life
69. mewithoutYou – Untitled
70. Hot Snakes – Jericho Sirens
71. Blue Orchids – Righteous Harmony Fist
72. FACS – Negative Houses
73. The Lovely Eggs – This Is Eggland
74. Ed Schrader’s Music Beat – Riddles
75. Criminal Code – 2534
76. Single Mothers – Through A Wall
77. Deaf Wish – Lithium Zion
78. The Nightingales – Perish The Thought
79. Bellini – Before The Day Has Gone
80. Damager – Damagers EP
81. Datenight – Comin Atcha’ 100MPH
82. The Interrupters – Fight The Good Fight
83. Crack Cloud – Crack Cloud
84. Wax Idols – Happy Ending
85. The Hirs Collective – Friends. Lovers. Favorites
86. The Neighborhood Brats – Claw Marks
87. Iron Lamb – Blue Haze
88. Septic Tank – Rotting Civilisation
89. Moaning – Moaning
90. Bitch Hawk – Joy
91. Gouge Away – Burnt Sugar
92. The Armed – Only Love
93. Rolo Tomassi – Time Will Die And Love Will Bury It
94. VoX LoW – VoX LoW
95. Drunk Mums – Denim EP
96. Bitch Hawk – Bitch Hawk
97. Dreamweapon – SOL
98. Mamuthones – Fear On The Corner
99. The Love Coffin – Cloudlands
100. Color TV – Color TV

I like punk rock :)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ulx9JCMnLdQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mi7tfV-hZJE&t=184s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mi7tfV-hZJE

I added a coupl things:

Mode Moderne – Mode IV: Mode Moderne had a sneak release, compiling the singles they issued on Bandcamp last year. The singles are no longer available on Bandcamp, but you can buy the CD, LP or downloads in the link below. Also, it’s the best jangly Smiths inspired music I’ve heard since The Sea Kings in 2014.
Temple Of Angels – Foiled EP

http://fastnbulbous.com/lucky-18/#punk

Here's a tracks playlist. Happy Holidaze!

https://open.spotify.com/user/1212496385/playlist/2sa1BiUkgRFmstcy6T8bYq?si=FbFQwMWTS4u1vmuFzHl12Q

https://n0v3l.bandcamp.com/album/novel-2

I like the Mode Moderne. Thanks. I hear Smiths and also hints of New Romantic bands on some tracks.

N0V3L is great, look forward to the album release!

Got tipped to these Chinese bands via NPR's Viking's Choice podcast:

Lonely Leary – Through the Park, Almost There (Maybe Mars)
https://idlesband.bandcamp.com/album/joy-as-an-act-of-resistance

P.K. 14 – What We Talk About When We Talk About His Name (Maybe Mars)
https://downloads.maybemars.org/album/what-we-talk-about-when-we-talk-about-his-name