best out of the current-ish crop of post-punk bands people and algorithms keep telling you to listen to

I saw the show where they didn't have a name, we'd gotten tickets then the thing blew up and the hmong student association at the university of mn was going to picket it, they had already announced that they were doing away with the name but hadn't gotten a new one yet so the whole vibe was really weird

Voted Tropical Fuck Storm with Fontaines DC as runner up, but lots of these are very good - most recently was checking out Dry Cleaning and am on the fence about the sprake/sing vibe but the music is top notch.

I confess I don't get shame, idles or fontaines dc at all. fat white family have an incredibly off-putting name but I enjoy their absurd beefs (I honestly wish bands would start more beefs) and a few of their songs

Tropical fuck storm and viagra boys

fat white family <<<<<<<< the moonlandingz

I should have put sleaford mods in here just to be a prick

Imperial Wax (the band the final Fall lineup became) knock spots off most of these, their album is really really good imo

https://imperial-wax.bandcamp.com/album/gastwerk-saboteurs

I've listened the most to Black Midi and they're the only one I've seen, so voted for them. They're soooo young though, I feel like they're either going to become something amazing or break up and do other things.

of these bands I've seen black midi, protomartyr, algiers, tropical fuck storm, iceage and metz live - none improved on their studio work, tbh, except for metz. watching franklin play and sing in algiers was thrilling but unfortunately his voice was pretty shot by the time they got here.

black midi are undeniably extremely talented lads but I agree w/ yr sense, Jordan, that their best work is still to come in one form or another

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i like some of these bands quite a bit but there’s something about just about all of them (and they do have a pretty consistent sound right?) that i can’t describe but that is missing some crucial ingredient that makes a lot of the early post punk records pop to me. feels a bit rigid and texturally less raw or something

great list of all-time terrible band names

I feel like this list kinda covers the "dudely post-punk with press attention" more than the viciously feminist/queercore underground stuff? Surprised Crack Cloud aren't on here, tbh (a band I do not dislike but find it a bit bewildering how loved they are as everything is so smooooooth and perfectly rendered).

i feel like band name and quality of music are actually inversely related here lol

I would like to know if pfizer are secretly funding viagra boys

xp- i’d rate crack cloud above this whole list

I feel like this list kinda covers the "dudely post-punk with press attention" more than the viciously feminist/queercore underground stuff?

I did my best to diversify so it wasn't TOO dudely but I was wary of going too cool or punk. I confess I haven't heard crack cloud who I assumed were chris crack's posse

I should also clarify by "did my best" I mean "did my best within the 10-minute timespan between thinking of and then starting this poll"

i like some of these bands quite a bit but there’s something about just about all of them (and they do have a pretty consistent sound right?) that i can’t describe but that is missing some crucial ingredient that makes a lot of the early post punk records pop to me. feels a bit rigid and texturally less raw or something

I suspect this is 50% due to changes in production over the decades and 50% due to close familiarity/association with the original texts

What happened to Savages, are they still a thing?

This scene isn't my area of expertise, I like finding examples I click with though, and one of my friends is always sending me his new finds.

I think it's more just like, back when we were playing shows, everyone who we'd play with was firmly aboard the "fuck Idles/FWF" train, ha.

What happened to Savages, are they still a thing?

I almost included them but it's been, what, four years since Adore Life? I gather they're just off doing their own things for a bit. their first album is one of the most shameless post-punk excavation albums for sure (I like it a lot)

it’s a great poll imho

I need someone who's not me to listen to the HMLTD album to confirm I did not hallucinate that a new band is seemingly trying to sound like the dresden dolls

Feel like I would vote Protomartyr out of those listed, because they've had quite a few killer records.

I like Black Midi and Black Country, New Road, but I wouldn't really classify either of those as post-punk.

I dug the one Idles record I heard, but I feel like they are a band that you really only ever need one album by.

Digging the new Goat Girl, way more of a Stereolab vibe than I expected.

Forgot about the new Shame record, remember liking the debut.

feel like Goat Girl and Tropical Fuck Storm feel more rooted in the 90s than the early 80s UK

the best of these end up as a slurry of 1978-1992 IMO

(which is why I'd throw Sleaford Mods in here with the touchstones of MES and RZA)

i could see Sleaford Mods in there, if anything just because this grouping of bands is related as much on a shared audience than anything else

Are Yard Act another one of these bands? They seem to be on 6Music a lot (based on the 30-45mins of 6Music I hear in any given day).

I think I've only heard about half of these. Voted for Tropical Fuck Storm but I do like that latest Goat Girl album a lot.

priests broke up??

last January IIRC

Total Control another omission imo. They briefly had some hype, albeit not as much as they deserved

that's too bad re priests...I saw them a couple years back w snail mail as the openers, and when priests went on snail mail were headbanging at the side of the lil stage. it was adorable

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

1. algiers
2. tfs

is pretty easy for me

heard a fontaines dc song on the radio, they have heard the fall!

Yep, Total Control is quite the omission. Henge Beat such a great record.

Their last LP came out back in 2017, is why they didn't occur to me

Carpet Rash and Love Performance two of the best post-punk songs of the last ten years for sure

who do you blame for Fat White Family?

Ought should be on here. I really like Ought

dead to me since they left constellation for merge

(not really, the last album just didn't click for me.)

I voted Black Midi because I momentarily thought I was voting for Dawn of Midi

There are some bands on that list that I really, absolutely fucking adore:

girl band
preoccupations
iceage
idles

I was fortunate enough to see Girl Band play with Preoccupations (when they were Viet Cong) and Preoccupations support Idles. I also saw Iceage play in a church basement and a West Philly house show.

So this is tough... The Viet Cong debut is my favorite album by the bunch but Idles has been more consistent throughout their albums so I guess I'll go with them.

Write-in for Omni

ended up voting Algiers by a hair - TFS and Protomartyr worthy runners-up. honestly there aren't many bands here I actively dislike

oh shit, Omni rules

did anyone ever guess the made-up one, Simon? is it beige banquet?

i think a description that promising needs its own thread

I don't like the new Sports Team album nearly as much as the first one, but this song is a highlight:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fix8iUrPnMY

is it too soon to stop calling it "post-punk"

Have to say not loving the newest Crack Cloud as much as previous releases, and furthest away from "post-punk" influences they've gone probably. Always happens when angry young bands get more mature and subtle and leave behind some of that edge. Not all of it, and it def has moments. I've only listened to it once so really shouldn't be quick to judge. Still my favorite thing going these days mostly.

most def still post-punk though is Automatic, playing in NYC soon. Can't wait.

Yard Act are the worst of the latest crop, right?

have heard bad things about Bilk, and the new Cowboyy EP is laughable

we are in for a bad few years of UK art-rock unfortunately

that said it is quite hard to imagine worse music than Yard Act, yes

there's a song on the new shame album that sounds just like wolfmother

Well now!

https://halfemptyglasshouse.bandcamp.com/album/restricted-repetitive-behaviour-an-experiment-in-the-application-of-classical-12-tone-technique-to-contemporary-post-punk-composition

Listen if you are me

Er, "autismcore?" From my city, though ... is this via RYM?

reminds me of Polvo
cool idea!

If my favourite three tracks (1, 3, 6) basically didn't have the same tune as each other...

I feel like this is on the cusp of something amazing, maybe hasn't quite nailed it, but the guitar tone in the louder bits is So Good

<i>Starting the the late 2010's, a number of (mostly) British bands emerged with new and adventurous takes on the broad rock subgenre of post-punk</i>

what are they talking about, like Black MIDI?

excuse the formatting.

i assume yes, but a shame they're not actually referring to Water Gun Water Gun Sky Attack

I dig this group English Teacher (from Leeds)... they've released a few really strong singles this year:

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6xKTRZm3vI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4u9AulY9Gdc