love their album from last year.
― intern at pepe le pew research (Simon H.), Thursday, 8 April 2021 15:09 (three years ago) link
I wouldn't have said either A&TS or The Chats were "post-punk". They're just... rock bands?
― emil.y, Thursday, 8 April 2021 16:41 (three years ago) link
more violins in post punk!!― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown)
You know it!!
― emil.y, Thursday, 8 April 2021 16:42 (three years ago) link
^^^ yes!
― pomenitul, Thursday, 8 April 2021 16:43 (three years ago) link
yeah I only mentioned them because Simon did in the OP
― CP Radio Gorgeous (Colonel Poo), Thursday, 8 April 2021 16:43 (three years ago) link
I'm fine with calling both bands punk but no, not post-punk by any definition I recognise
― CP Radio Gorgeous (Colonel Poo), Thursday, 8 April 2021 16:44 (three years ago) link
I was going to say punk but then I'm not even sure that The Chats are that. But nah, I guess they are.
― emil.y, Thursday, 8 April 2021 16:46 (three years ago) link
I guess The Chats are like the Sham 69 version of punk? That's okay by me.
― emil.y, Thursday, 8 April 2021 16:47 (three years ago) link
The Chats are Australia's answer to HMHB
― imago, Thursday, 8 April 2021 16:48 (three years ago) link
Last album a blast too yeah
They’re as post-punk as Idles, which is to say not much but they have elements (groove, MES sprechsang-y bits) that aren’t just ‘punk.’
― Joe Bombin (milo z), Thursday, 8 April 2021 16:49 (three years ago) link
I would err toward the broad church when it comes to a genre that fundamentally just means ‘came after the first half of 1978 or so.’
― Joe Bombin (milo z), Thursday, 8 April 2021 16:52 (three years ago) link
Not knocking The Chats here (though I'm not into it enough to make it through a whole album, I still get 'Smoko' stuck in my head every now and again), just can't see a world in which they belong to the genre of post-punk, as elastic as that genre might be. It just feels like it doesn't suit either the music or their own intentions.
― emil.y, Thursday, 8 April 2021 16:55 (three years ago) link
I also endorse Brute Heart, they were great.
I think “Welfare Jazz” was referring to some Swedish program to provide funding for musicians that was oriented towards classy/respectable styles of music.
― JoeStork, Thursday, 8 April 2021 16:55 (three years ago) link
love "smoko"
The Chats are basically a live band Sleaford Mods
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 8 April 2021 17:02 (three years ago) link
sometimes i wonder if slum of legs were aware of king of the slums, another noisy violin wielding indie band also with a bit of a gobby singer, except they were from manchester in the 80s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jCZSB_ktU8c
― building a hole (NickB), Thursday, 8 April 2021 18:17 (three years ago) link
We weren't until people started comparing us to them! They're cool, though.
― emil.y, Thursday, 8 April 2021 21:54 (three years ago) link
This is a tangent but I used to see this band The Danglers in tiny coffee shops when I was in high school, playing heavy prog and Slayer covers with a drums/violin/upright bass lineup, and they would absolutely blow my mind
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCE3-JjK6XM
― change display name (Jordan), Thursday, 8 April 2021 21:59 (three years ago) link
really enjoying Dry Cleaning so far, had not been familiar
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 12 April 2021 18:20 (three years ago) link
this video of theirs is cool & funny: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PuqlOTyJt0
― na (NA), Monday, 12 April 2021 18:33 (three years ago) link
Nightshift belongs in this discussion, really like their album:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LK4PRgbzWPs
― bulb after bulb, Monday, 12 April 2021 18:43 (three years ago) link
Dry Cleaning remind a little bit of the wonderful Slovenly.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCQJvZJfFKE
― Grantman, Monday, 12 April 2021 18:47 (three years ago) link
I like this Dry Cleaning thing as well. The guitar tone sounds a lot like something that I haven't been able to place so far.
― Dinsdale, Monday, 12 April 2021 18:49 (three years ago) link
For some reason A Frames just popped up on Spotify, now there was a fucking band
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 15 April 2021 14:43 (three years ago) link
the disconnect between ILM and RYM is quite funny sometimes. folks over there going ham over squid
― imago, Saturday, 8 May 2021 11:17 (two years ago) link
2021 - the year postpunk broke
― unknown or illegal user (doo rag), Saturday, 8 May 2021 11:58 (two years ago) link
new iceage good
― intern at pepe le pew research (Simon H.), Saturday, 8 May 2021 12:28 (two years ago) link
Listening to Squid, and I think I might really enjoy it if I can ever get past the Big Jesus Trash Can vocals.
The wacky vox was the deal breaker for me with Black Midi too. Much prefer the aloof sing-speak of Shopping.
― enochroot, Tuesday, 11 May 2021 16:59 (two years ago) link
Much prefer the aloof sing-speak of Shopping Dry Cleaning
(god these are getting tough to keep track of)
― enochroot, Tuesday, 11 May 2021 17:05 (two years ago) link
I can't really take any of these bands too seriously because they don't really transcend any of the many ppl they're ripping off, but that said the new track "Slow" by black midi is a great this heat ripoff
― Bongo Jongus, Tuesday, 11 May 2021 17:20 (two years ago) link
The "aloof sing-speak" over angular post-punk guitars is something I'm running across a lot lately: Fontaine DC, TV Priest and Mini Skirt also do it to varying degrees of success. My blueprint will always be the Blue Aeroplanes, who add more melody to the angular guitars, but these new bands doing it are very enjoyable if not "transcending the people they're ripping off", as Bongo said.
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Tuesday, 11 May 2021 17:30 (two years ago) link
https://www.npr.org/2021/05/06/993931617/new-wave-post-punk-brexit-squid-dry-cleaning-black-country-new-road
― na (NA), Tuesday, 11 May 2021 17:37 (two years ago) link
guitar tone on the dry cleaning album is very much my shit
― the mai tai quinn (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 11 May 2021 18:40 (two years ago) link
None of these artists except the new black midi have made anything as interesting as the stuff The Fall were making right up until MES died
― imago, Tuesday, 11 May 2021 19:10 (two years ago) link
I daresay no late Fall record is as good as the last Protomartyr album (and I have heard em all), not that they're particularly similar.
― intern at pepe le pew research (Simon H.), Tuesday, 11 May 2021 19:16 (two years ago) link
I meant in that article which is specifically about the UK bands
― imago, Tuesday, 11 May 2021 19:27 (two years ago) link
oh durr
― intern at pepe le pew research (Simon H.), Tuesday, 11 May 2021 19:27 (two years ago) link
I tried the dry cleaning album a few times but the vocals are...not a dealbreaker exactly but it doesn't seem like the most interesting choice
― intern at pepe le pew research (Simon H.), Tuesday, 11 May 2021 19:30 (two years ago) link
Yeah. As I said before, LWB comparisons are a nonsense
― imago, Tuesday, 11 May 2021 19:47 (two years ago) link
i really like the deadpan voice combined with her abstract/ridiculous lyrics. works for me but obviously won't be everyone's thing.
― na (NA), Tuesday, 11 May 2021 19:55 (two years ago) link
I do think as far as "trends in indie rock" or whatever go, the results have at least been largely not horrific
― intern at pepe le pew research (Simon H.), Tuesday, 11 May 2021 19:57 (two years ago) link
For some reason I like deadpan spoken vocals over dance music (Marie Davidson for ex.) way more than over guitars.
― change display name (Jordan), Tuesday, 11 May 2021 20:15 (two years ago) link
checked out Squid..think it might grow on me? his delivery can be too much but at times it reminded me of my beloved Signal to Trust fucking loved that band
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJyFW-qs_4A
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 11 May 2021 20:16 (two years ago) link
I know it's a minefield to even bring up the site, but there is definitely something zeitgeist-y going on with this stuff. Black Country, New Road is #3 for the year at RYM and Squid is #1 (BC,NR was #1 for a long time).
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 11 May 2021 20:20 (two years ago) link
ha yeah with the dry cleaning album i enjoyed the spoken word vocals because they were pretty easy to ignore, didn't distract from the real attraction, which for me, is the guitar
― the mai tai quinn (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 11 May 2021 20:27 (two years ago) link
well yes
― imago, Tuesday, 11 May 2021 20:44 (two years ago) link
that's the bar for these kinds of bands lol, vocals that aren't actively distracting.
porridge radio and algiers stand out among this particular crowd for having excellent vocalists.
― the mai tai quinn (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 11 May 2021 20:54 (two years ago) link
well, Algiers' vocalist is the main attraction which makes them exceptionally rare!
BCNR and Squid have vocalists that actively infuriate me. black midi vocalist seems to have sorted himself out a bit for the new stuff
― imago, Tuesday, 11 May 2021 20:58 (two years ago) link
I like the Dry Cleaning vocals but I can't do an entire album at once with it, two or three at a time max.
― Joe Bombin (milo z), Tuesday, 11 May 2021 20:59 (two years ago) link
Enjoyed Katie Alice Greer's singing (Priests)
― Joe Bombin (milo z), Tuesday, 11 May 2021 21:00 (two years ago) link