After one of the most stressful days he’d had in a long time that has been a non-stop catalogue of fuck ups, including leaving his house keys at work and having to waste 45 minutes returning for them, it was time for Jase W to let off some steam. By that he means gorge himself on psychedelic bleepy bloop synths courtesy of BEAK>.
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As we race headlong towards the end of another Übertastic rockin’ ‘n’ rollin’ year, there definitely has been no slowing down in terms of the quality of new releases which continue to come our way each and every day, all jostling for pole position on our much coveted playlist… so, without further ado, let’s jump right in, turn the speakers up to 11 and crank out the hottest tunes that have made the cut and bothered our eardrums and aural memory cells over the past couple of weeks…
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The hills are alive to the sound of… heavy metal and zombies! Well, at least in south Wales they are, which is from where the mighty King Kraken serve up this bloody tasty (sic) appetizer for their second album. Always obsessed by horror movies, the Swansea mob have presented us with their own version of the ‘Evil Dead’ movies, filmed in the hills above Pontypridd and featuring a cast of family, friends and even their manager!
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These southern Califronian post-hardcore outliers may be asserting that no hates them more than themselves, but there’s certainly plenty to love about this lead single from the LA quintet’s upcoming new album, due for release early next year.
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Never has a tour filled Jase W with such nostalgic excitement as well as his own mortal dread as an album that chronicled another era of his teenage years turns 20 (well, kind of) – ‘Ocean Avenue’ by the one and only Yellowcard. Our man genuinely thought he had missed his chance to see this particular set, it was one of the big names plastered on Slam Dunk Festival 2023 that he had to make the call to skip on due to a clash. But imagine his surprise when they dropped a proper EÜ/ÜK tour with a stop on the next town over, no chance he was passing it off this time. Please excuse him while he spontaneously grows an emo fringe for the evening…
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