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

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?

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