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

I double-checked to make sure, and yep: the quotidian consumer junk dancing in montage to "Magic of Meghan" still enchants. (This is, mind you, a two-days-old discovery for me.)

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

i wish Wilderness was around they were fit well

enjoying Dry Cleaning maybe? finding the guitars much more of a draw than the vocalist mind

wilderness was awesome

i'm late to the party but speaking of wordy spoken vocals i feel like i should mention Parquet Courts...

― davey, Monday, April 5, 2021 11:35 AM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink

something i would not have anticipated ten years ago is parquet courts becoming one of the most influential bands; every local scene has like 3-5 bands who sound just like them

I'm surprised Cabbage haven't been mentioned. Feel like they were on the verge of breaking through a couple of years ago. They weren't great.

I haven't heard every band on the list, but a lot of them don't do anything for me. Idles and the accompanying hype in particular I find very tiresome. A lot of these bands I just find myself wishing I was listening to Art Brut instead. They had the tunes and a cleverness that I just don't get from most of these acts. If Art Brut were just starting out now I probably wouldn't have much interest in them, but at the time they sounded fresh and it was easy to connect with them.

I loved that last Porridge Radio album and the new Goat Girl is one of the best albums of the year so far. I would have voted for one of them if I'd seen the poll in time. I'm still working out the Dry Cleaning album. Florence's vocals and lyrics sell it well, although I do sometimes wish the music was a little more compelling. Half way through I find myself losing interest a bit even though I do like the guitar sounds they use. There's definitely something there though. I've always wanted another band who come close to what Life Without Buildings did and at times I can hear some of that in Dry Cleaning.

I've always wanted another band who come close to what Life Without Buildings did

Have you tried Drahla? They remind me of LWB, but noisier and saxophonier (and better imo!)

I haven't no. I'll check them out. Thanks for the tip!

This video was my first exposure to Post punk band Dry Cleaning. Yep, they’ve got the formula down

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PuqlOTyJt0

the notion that for her merits she is even in the same ballpark as sue tompkins is grandly calumnous tbh

A lot of these bands I just find myself wishing I was listening to Art Brut instead.

Have you tried Yard Act? You won't know you're not listening to Art Brut instead.

Ha, I just listened to a Yard Act song. I get what you mean. There's another band called Sports Team who do a similar thing. They almost had a number one album last year! I didn't realise just how many of these bands there were now.

I was told there are no more bands! and yet here there are so many, right in one thread

Who will do the Landfill Post-Punk thinkpiece in six months?

Ha, didn't see this poll previously, but Tropical Fuck Storm are totally a band that was recommended to me by a spotify algorithm and that I thought "Hey, these guys are pretty good!"

That's because unlike most of the bands here, they do their own thing and don't sound like Ought

, who are themselves derivative and dull

Metz is a weird inclusion here? post-grungey band on subpop and their debut was 9 years ago...
I guess Ice Age fit the sound somewhat too, but again their debut was a decade ago.

Viagra Boys are a lot of fun live, but both live and on record i'm still just wishing it was some new Pissed Jeans

I was told there are no more bands! and yet here there are so many, right in one thread

one local band I always thought was brilliant and never got its due was Brute Heart, but they were more i guess post punk in the slits/young marble giants way...but also very original they had their own sound, loved this band so much

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-T1bjAsFNmg

was just going through a bunch of old records, Mother of Fire was great too

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfNyUnBCOk8

more violins in post punk!!

I don't mind Viagra Boys...but in 2021 I'm not listening to an album called "Welfare Jazz" by a band called "Viagra Boys"

look buddy if I had to dodge all the bands with dumb names I wouldn't listen to anyone

it's more welfare jazz that gives me a vibe I don't like

I listened to a small clip of Dry Cleaning the other day and I remember suddenly wanting to listen to Animals That Swim?

I don't mind Viagra Boys...but in 2021 I'm not listening to an album called "Welfare Jazz" by a band called "Viagra Boys"

― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, April 7, 2021 6:52 AM (two hours ago) bookmarkflaglink

otm

it’s a good album though

Like about 80% of the bands in this thread they are fine

they’re in my top 2-3 (with tropical fuck storm and dry cleaning) in this list before a big drop. my fav music is like midwestern garage punk and pigfuck styles of obnoxious punk music with dumb band names and jocular humour though

you ever listen to The Blind Shake?

ya! they’re great :) saw em around 2010 with michael yonkers

it’s p funny that Viagra Boys are swedish . i had assumed australia

yeah that period when they were working with yonkers was great

tho hope you get to see them without him, they were a lot more restrained w him obv

like the nicest guys

my top 4 would be the same as the results just in a different order

I also like Iceage and Metz. liked a couple of songs by Viagra Boys and Fat White Family but not really a fan of either. never heard any of the others.

oh Amyl & The Sniffers are alright too but Simon forgot to actually include them as a poll option

oh are they good?

the name made me think there were one of those retro sleaze l.a. punk kinda things

I actually did listen to and consider them for this poll but they struck me as musically up to something less self-consciously arty than most of these bands

I'm not sure I would say they were good, but they are alright. only heard a couple of things

Just catching up on Dry Cleaning, this is nice

wow way to show off your pandemic privilege

also fun Australian sort-of-post-punk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j58V2vC9EPc

it's the anti-"Slack Motherfucker"

love their album from last year.

I wouldn't have said either A&TS or The Chats were "post-punk". They're just... rock bands?

more violins in post punk!!
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown)

You know it!!

^^^ yes!

yeah I only mentioned them because Simon did in the OP

I'm fine with calling both bands punk but no, not post-punk by any definition I recognise

I was going to say punk but then I'm not even sure that The Chats are that. But nah, I guess they are.

I guess The Chats are like the Sham 69 version of punk? That's okay by me.