VA - Rien à Faire #12

Summer is here!

Enjoy your holidays (or not) with a bunch of new tracks; this one starts nicely like the morning sun before jumping into a swimming pool of raging punk and hardcore and finishes the day with a cold beer and some great post-punk!

 N,J'Oi!

01 - Cat Scan - Respond
02 - P22 - The Manger
03 - Nape Neck - No Platforming
04 - Clamm - Keystone Pols
05 - The Worms - Anxiety Pit
06 - Impotentie - Stille Rebellen
07 - Attestor - No Choice
08 - Jocko - Wise Man

09 - Leper - Chopped
10 - Loss Prevention - Blind Eyes
11 - Snarling Hate - Takeover
12 - Suck Lords - You're A Hype
13 - Gimmick - Killer Clown
14 - LIIEK - Conceit In My Head
15 - Bikini Body - Hands Off
16 - Walking Korpses - Healthy Teeth

 

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Stuck

picture by Alicia Maciel

Stuck is from Chicago, Illinois, has been around since 2017/2018 and features current or ex members of Gentle Heat, Prairie Porn, Bloom, Clearance, Krozer, Furbie and Yeesh... 

But Stuck is different from those mostly indie/pop bands, Stuck is post punk.

By the way is the band's name coming from the Magazine song ?

 These "Three songs" digitally released on bandcamp in november 2018 were also included on a tour tape (self-released in october 2019) with an extra song.

Yes I know post punk "revival" has been everywhere for a few years now but some bands are super good and Stuck is one of them. 
Stuck manages to slowly build tension all the way, starting from almost nothing to reach a sharp expression of sad but angry relief... but these guys are smart enough to let us take an anxious breath in between the "action" parts, a short stop where the lyrics delivered in a talk-singing style is following us, ready to explode...

Ok so I could talk about how amazing it is to hear some Crisis influences....once again!

 but first it would not be really accurate and second I prefer to think of Bench Press or of an indieiiisher (yes I know) version of some early Marbled Eye... or a post-punker (ok that's plain stupid) version of Neutrals ?

Ok who cares?! this is higly enjoyable, relaxing and quite joyful (for a post punk thing) so go for it!

 

 Change is Bad... well I don't agree but it's an opinion shared with many among the punk scene I guess...
So this first Lp (out on Born Yesterday Records managed by the singer Greg) released as a 12" features 11 songs including 3 of their 4 previously released songs (too bad for People Pleaser that I really like).
Ar the border between the arty side of the late 70s New York scene, the cold british post-punk weather and some more modern influences like Negative Space or even Fugazi sometimes, Stuck is mastering the game and scores on every tunes. Obsessive light guitar riffs, melodic but heavy bass lines, light reverb on the vocals... a good recipe for a hit...



Stuck manages to keep the whole thing as coherent as possible while developping an impressive diversity of songs...
Bug Song is a beautiful ballad with a surprisingly successful 90s atmosphere (indie?grunge? DC?) that can be also found on the beautiful Anniversary; Plank II stretches the walls of the post punk box in every direction, Change is Bad is a short but highly enjoyable post punkish gem, Bells is closer to the Facility Men than to Joy Division... yes it's diverse!


So Change is Bad is a very good album that may need a few listens to properly stick but it's definitly worth the time...So give it a couple of listens!

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Une publication partagée par STUCK (@stuckband) le 30 Mars 2020 à 7 :23 PDT

 You can listen to Stuck on Rien à Faire #11

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Spam Risk

picture by Ellie Euphoria

Spam Risk is a new trio from Chicago, Illinois, featuring Josh of Jollys who recently released his solo debut as Dry Dreams, Pamela of Blizzard Babies and Pledge Drive and Peter of Yeesh.

The band is playing an interesting kind of soft indy post punk which caught my attention, let's have a look! 

 

This release can be divided in two separate sets of songs... the mostly male-fronted ones (like Comfort Food, Akaname or Dyson) which are edging with the "innocence" of the indie side of modern post punk bands like Bench Press or Dumb... light guitar, light drum beats, kind of joyful vocals... that's enjoyable sometimes, don't get me wrong! it's just a bit different from the heavy negativity of most of the bands usually featured on this blog!


On the other hand you got the second set of songs, mostly female-fronted, which got under that nice looking varnish a faster and rougher punk core... Einstein, Google Bookchin, Destroy Madness and Fuck The Kids are great female-fronted punk songs with hopping bass lines, rock'n roll guitar riffs and a nice Kleenex vibe... I could think of Child's Pose but that's not really it... well I like it anyway!

So I am not too sure about this tape in the end, there are songs that I like (the "punk" ones of course) and others that I don't enjoy so much, so it's definitly an interesting start and I am curious to see what's coming next even if I need more to be completely convinced.


You can listen to Spam Risk on Rien à Faire #11 


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