Post punk can get awful repetitive at times, but when you are as adept at delivering looped drums and riffs with The Fall-like intensity then repetition becomes instantly alluring.
Fog Cutter, taken from Cold Puma's long awaited debut LP 'Persistent Malaise' fits this mould, almost four minutes of controlled yet unraveling aggression to blow out your mind and make you want to play it over and over and over and over.
We haven't done a local favourites feature in a while, so now you get two for the price of one. Or two for the price of none, really.
Trading in 3 chord riffs and cat calls, Sauna Youth is a balls out blast that resurrects the late 70s without seeming formulaic or copyist. Sharing a Faux Discx 7" with Ale Mania and various London stages with Abe Vigoda, Fair Ohs and Trogons of late, the soon to be released Backgrounds marks a distinctive step forward. The band have been about for a while now, but hopefully this release will drive them on to even better things.
To segue impecibly, Tense Men is a project formed of Sauna Youth frontman Rich and Cold Pumas' Ollie. Their sound is claustrophobic post punk built around looping, agitating guitars, chanted lyrics and incessant cymbal-led drumming. It's definitely tense, I'm pretty sure they're men and the tracks below, particularly A Gruesome Discovery, suggest this side project has legs.
Dalston's Male Bonding (be careful when you Google) are preparing to release their long awaited debut album Nothing Hurts on May 10th, followed by a launch party at Camp Basement, Old Street on May 27th alongside other London greats Pens and Veronica Falls. This and, most importantly, the fact the trio produce some outstanding shoe-gaze inspired grunge, thrillingly towing the line between noise and melody, makes them more than a little deserving of being current local favourites.
Having released various split 7" alongside Fair Ohs, Pens and Cold Pumas, Sub Pop were suitably impressed to invest their time and cash in the band, who are now on their way to shake the foundations of a village hall near you. Here's a taste from the band's BBC session. Great huh?
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