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

For some reason I like deadpan spoken vocals over dance music (Marie Davidson for ex.) way more than over guitars.

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

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).

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

well yes

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.

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

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.

Enjoyed Katie Alice Greer's singing (Priests)

I've got a vague thought that Dry Cleaning's guitar remind me of early Suede in a weird way. I can't really articulate what it is, though (in part because I haven't actually heard Suede for ages) but something like ... there's a swagger to Dry Cleaning that could almost be missed in the deadpan-ness, the lyrics declaring "He's a dick".

Squid singer was a bit much

BCNR's should never be allowed to speak or sing into a microphone for the rest of his life

(Not sure that makes any sense or is remotely evidence based - but I like seeing how absorbed in playing Dry Cleaning bloke is).

Bummed that Lithics are opening for Idles but not until the first show after Dallas. I don't think I'll make it to Phoenix for an opener slot.

black midi vocalist seems to have sorted himself out a bit for the new stuff

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haven't heard the new stuff, but his old singing amused me because of how much it reminded me of larry blackmon of cameo

again, i say Flasher is kinda blowing it by not being in the middle of all this.

although

maybe we need a separate thread for, like, the "American post-punk band" thing from 3-5 years ago (Flasher, Omni, Protomartyr, Lithics, Priests) which somehow feels distinct from this weirder(?) Euro strain

(i'm not really suggesting a new thread, i'm just saying they're different)

agree

also Tropical Fuck Storm is the best band on this list but probably shouldn't be on it, don't really have much in common

they are v different but they often show up on the same playlists, recommendations etc

TFS emerged from the ashes of a 20-year previous band, giving them something of a leg-up, but it's still kind of mad that Liddiard's able to make the wildest music of his life at the age he is

giving him all the credit is ofc wrong; Dunn especially seems like she has a lot of input in this sound

BCNR's should never be allowed to speak or sing into a microphone for the rest of his life

he truly takes them over the line from 'eh' to 'horrible'

^^^

like i don't think they really succeed at what they seemed to be going for (a slightly jazzier gy!be? are people really getting excited about post-rock stuff in 2021?) but there's bits and pieces where you can hear some potential, but then his vocals are truly dreadful

the disconnect between ILM and RYM is quite funny sometimes. folks over there going ham over squid

I just found out about this album and came to post about it here, thinking it was some hidden treasure for all you weird postpunkzolofreaks. then I find out it's incredibly popular on RYM, #1 for the year with nearly 4000 ratings. I think it's good! vocals like some young Andy/young Colin fusion but I liked the early XTC and I've really dug this so far (I'm a couple songs in)

checked out Squid..think it might grow on me?

I loved them right away, have listened a lot this week. Perfect mix of energy and weirdness and annoying shouty vocals for me.

Squid - Bright Green Field (Warp 2021)

there is a squid thread fyi

a friend described dry cleaning as "like the smiths with jo brand replacing morrissey" & i don't think he meant it as a putdown

they remind me a lot of Elastica, definitely nail the mannerisms and are good but it feels too professional, no weirdness of the original post punk

though the music doesn't remind me much of the Smiths, like at all

Scratchcard Lanyard has got to be one of the best opening tracks of 2021

I still don't like Chaise Longue but I get why people do

I kinda both do and don't hope "algorithm punk" catches on as a name for this stuff.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hi8HjWTUqwI

oh bcnr have done something i like somehow. vocalist a lot better in this mode than doing his terrible spoken word-over-post-rock thing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NMBS8dfvjog

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BoVbq1K74f0

dream on, bonny lad. you're not the reincarnation.

I really like Sports Team... don't think we've talked about them much, beyond one mention in this thread, and a few posts on the Wet Leg thread(?)

They have a recent-ish song, from a new album out in July:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4qDqo1fY5A

(I didn't picture the singer looking like that... he kinda comes off like a giant dick, lol. Good band, though!)

this seems like the place to say I've been enjoying the new Just Mustard songs and Bas Jan album

What the actual fuck, this is INCREDIBLE

https://watergunsky.bandcamp.com/album/total-swarm-for-young-men

Imagine a gay Gareth Liddiard trying to make a speculative sci-fi album but being assailed by chaotic IDM, all with a melodic sensibility of Montreal wouldn't baulk at, and it being the best music

Oooh. That does sound good.

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?