The After Hours caught our attention with a combination of clever melodic changes and infectious syncopations. Their new single Strange To Change might be the perfect composition for their dynamic.
Strange To Change should be a trademark track in their catalog. Stylistically it bears an influence of post punk with some modern sonic spark. For us it bridges the auras of Dehd and first wave Arcade Fire. We can dig it.
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Office Dog know the burn of being In The Red. It permeates through the movements of their new single, thrusting with dirty gritty reverence out of the first chorus section and then back into the introspective verses. It’s a sad core melancholy musical ideology. It connects to its audience like the first refreshing wave of Grunge, adding some of the cool kid charm known to Weezer in the vein of the reminiscent vocal delivery.
There’s an affinity for shoegaze projects like Slowdive in how they breathe harmonious voicing into their guitar chords. They add clever full band sycopations that lend to the cinematic nature. We love it.
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We adore the frenzied post punk urgency of Annette, the new single from Grund. That initial slightly bizarre vocal stack adds to the insanity, mirroring the musics urgent tension. A clever horn arrangement adds rare texture within that design. It embraces an aesthetic of the band Morphine but in a more post punk realm.
Conceptually the song portrays the panic caused by an epileptic seizure. It’s a facet at the root of this musical movement, a plague known to Ian Curtis. For the rest of us we’ve only felt the brink of it, but we relate to the conditions dooming unexpected haunting. We dig Annette immensely.
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“You know what’s fun, my table for one.” Crewless celebrate their autonomy with a rapturous post punk anthem. Their new single Table for One elegantly bridges the angst filled poetry of LCD Soundsystem with the Smart Guitar arrangements known to The Strokes. There are catchy pop infused infiltrations, like the stylistic female vocal contributions.
A catchy upbeat single in any light, it’s the aggressive vocal that really grab you. There’s a conviction to their performance. It gives the narrative purpose. The band also offers the contrast of The B-52’s and The Kills as influences. We hear a little of all of it in a way that’s subtle and appreciative of how it influenced them. Check it out.
Table for One is featured on our Best New Rock Playlist.
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