Garage Punk

Holy fuck, has it se­ri­ous­ly been a whop­ping five years al­ready since the last LP by one of the most in­flu­en­tial, defin­ing groups of the cur­rent era of quirky and in­tel­li­gent garage punk? It cer­tain­ly didn't seem that long to me and part of that might be down to their dis­tinct mix of play­ful, an­gu­lar and elab­o­rate garage- and art punk hav­ing been such an om­nipresent un­der­cur­rent of so many things that have hap­pened in the last few years, with groups such as Dumb, Vin­tage Crop, Pinch Points, Abort­ed Tor­toise, Re­al­i­ty Group, Yam­mer­er and Pat­ti be­ing on­ly the tip of the ice­berg con­cern­ing groups that ap­pear to have tak­en some in­spi­ra­tion from them at one point or an­oth­er. On their fourth LP so far, Ura­ni­um Club keep ex­pand­ing their styl­is­tic scope as well, show­cas­ing a ma­tured song­writ­ing abil­i­ty which pays off es­pe­cial­ly well in slow­er num­bers like the strum­my and folk-ish garage pop al­most-a-bal­lad Tokyo Paris L.A. Mi­lan, which unites some qual­i­ties of groups á la Wire­heads, Tyvek and The UV Race, or in The As­cent. with its pro­nounced Tele­vi­sion-es­que vibes. Like any of their pre­vi­ous al­bums, this is noth­ing short of an in­stant genre clas­sic!

The fol­low-up to last year's sen­sa­tion­al de­but tape AN/​AL by new york garage punk wiz­ard Jean Mignon some­what di­als down the styl­is­tic va­ri­ety fac­tor but ab­solute­ly makes up for it by con­sid­er­ably up­ping the av­er­age en­er­gy lev­el of his straight­for­ward punk smash­ers, pro­pelled for­ward by an un­stop­pable, com­bus­tive dri­ve with more than just a lit­tle un­der­cur­rent of pro­to punk in gen­er­al and the '74-'77 New York scene in par­tic­u­lar.

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Eyeballer releases March 15th via La Vida Es Un Mus Discos.

National Threat releases May 3rd via Sweet Time Records.

Zinger releases April 12th via Pop Wig Records.

Good Clean Fun releases April 12th via Total Punk Records.

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A new EP by the San Antonio, Texas group and as always i'm happy to say that Sex Mex still sound very much like Sex Mex, their mixture of garage- and synth punk, noise- and power pop transporting the aesthetics of only the most catchy and melodic artifacts out of the whole Reatard era. Reliable shit that doesn't try anything funny and instead just delivers on the hooks!

Now! releases March 8th via Bad Rating Records.

Super Mega Ultra releases April 5th via Stomp Records.

Low Energy releases March 20th.

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Peace & Love releases March 8th via Roach Leg Records & Unlawful Assembly.

New shit by these Olympia, Washington Lo-Fi punks and you kinda know what's gonna hit you: More of that deliciously blown out and catchy-as-fuck garage-/electro/fuzz punk dementia for the moderately desensitized mind, hellbent on damaging your speakers, corrupting your soul, spilling your booze and puking on your carpet. Very negative influence these kids, stay away!

Jake Robertson's Alien Nosejob usually finds some way to subvert our expectations and their newest 7", coming to us as usual via Anti Fade Records, ain't no exception in that regard! The Executioner surprises with what might easily be the most post punk the group has ever sounded as cold and raw electric beats get welded to an equally rigid construct of repetitive guitar riffs, combining into a slightly industrial-ish overall vibe. West Side Story then is closer to the familiar and beloved standard Alien Nosejob formula, a straightforward yet elegant garage punk smasher based on a single exquisite riff that could just go on forever but conveniently gets faded out in time before it can cause any lasting (hearing-) damage.

Following up on their much rougher, hardcore-leaning International Heartthrob EP of last year, Indiana's Spewed Brain take their sound into a catchier, slightly egg-ish direction on their new LP while staying delightfully fucked-up and unpredictable, at different times reminding me of groups as diverse as, say, Trauma Harness, Print Head, Exwhite, The Gobs, Snooper, Rolex, Witch Piss or Slimex.

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Oh look, it's that mysterious dude again who also goes by such names as Zhoop, Djinn, Nightman, Feed, Brundle and even more disguises i can't recall right now. As usual he does exactly one thing on here and he gets it right every single time - five excellent no-frills minimalist detonations on the intersection of garage-, hardcore- and fuzz punk.

Agitator releases May 3rd via Swish Swash Records.

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The Monochromatic Mind Of… releases March 8th via Big Neck Records.

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Yobs releases May 3rd via Fuzz Club Records.

The second LP by this Melbourne garage punk supergroup brings further gradual refinement to their distinct formula carrying all the right baggage from many decades of particularly australian punk history both ancient and recent, presented with heartfelt urgency and a persistent sense of melancholy that's quite unique to them, a knack for catchy hooks, elegant, simple and effective songwriting which has had the group running circles around the bulk of the genre pretty much from day one, all the while leaving impact craters with the unrelenting fury of their performance. Nothing short of spectacular, this record!

A mainstay of recent years in garage punk is back with a somewhat more high-profile LP via Erste Theke Tonträger after a string of more understated cassette and digital releases. This thing is as eclectic as any of these but at the same time, a lot more focused, determined and consistent than some of those more scrappy recent offerings. Spanning a spectrum from the propulsive post punk of the opening salvo (When It's Gone, A.P.A.C.), melancholy indie rock ballads (Texas Cloud), compfy synth pop tunes (Let U Know) to straightforward garage-/fuzz punk explosions (Can't Take It, 2 Car Garage), there's plenty of meat to dig your teeth into, all held together by Vinny Earley's always confident, often plainly brilliant songwriting powers. Last but not least, Weekend Shadows and Carryon are further examples of exactly that kind of supreme power-/fuzz pop hymn the dude has always excelled at.

Dirty Mean Fast releases February 26th.

Rent Payer releases March 1st via Slovenly Recordings.