Big Bliss is the Brooklyn-based brainchild of brothers Cory and Tim Race, and friend/collaborator Wallace May. Formed in late 2015, the trio melds harmonic post-punk grooves with art-rock sensibilities all propped up on the pillars and hooks of pop structure. Their sound is at once melancholic, tense, noisy, and ultimately uplifting, laced with lyricism that … read more ➜
Silverbacks, from Dublin, have put their debut LP Fad up for pre-order, available July 17th on Central Tones. Pre-order here https://silverbacks.bandcamp.com/
Do Nothing, a new band out of Nottingham, UK. Recommended if you like: The Fall, Arctic Monkeys, Ought “Pop culture is cyclical, and every now and then a generation of bands coagulates around a particular strain of influences, whether it was Blur and Oasis channeling The Kinks, Wire and The Beatles to create Britpop, or … read more ➜
Big Bliss, a post-punk trio from Brooklyn, has released their debut full-length, At Middle Distance. They released a 5-track EP, Keep Near, in 2016 which was available on cassette only. (Anyone have one available?) Recommended if you like: Wolf Parade, Pixies, Modest Mouse, Interpol, Echo and the Bunnymen At Middle Distance by Big Bliss It’s … read more ➜
How do you describe an album out of time, concerned with the disappearance of culture, of humanity, of nature, of logic and emotion? Why make this album in an era when attention spans have been reduced to next to nothing, and the tactile grains of making music have been further reduced to algorithms and projected … read more ➜
Sprit Award has released their sophomore full length, Muted Crowd. Via Billboard: “(Debut Neverending) ended up taking a really long time, and we all had a lot of person stuff that was happening,” Daniel Lyon tells Billboard. “For this one we really wanted to hunker down and get it done and get it out quick. … read more ➜
Brooklyn based post-punk band Big Bliss has released their debut album, At Middle Distance. At times they remind me of modern bands like Wolf Parade, but also classics like The Sound, The Church, Bauhaus, and Joy Division. Order from Bandcamp
“Los Angeles shoegaze outfit Film School have been together for nearly a decade, and with their fourth LP ‘Fission’ coming out on July 20, the band is more congealed than ever, serving up a melodic, fervent, hazy and deeply collaborative effort. Instead of mourning the separation from their label, the band gleaned new inspiration from … read more ➜