Seville’s Escuelas Pías have just released their third EP in a musical tetralogy based around plants. Plantas Venenosas (Poisonous Plants) features four tracks ranging from full-on indiepop to synth-based efforts. It’s the lead track Pasatiempos that catches my ears, and … Continue reading Escuelas Pías – Pasatiempos
We started the bank holiday weekend with a trio of post-punk influenced acts on Friday so let’s finish with more of the same today. Second Skin – Colder Second Skin – Colder (Kontravoid Remix) Two versions of Colder by Los … Continue reading Bank Holiday Monday Pack of Three
We have not had a post-punk mix for ages so again experimenting with my new mixer here is another mix for your listening pleasure – or maybe not! – consisting of post-punk tracks aimed for the dancefloor. The mix title … Continue reading The Darkest Rooms Where We Collide
Osaka’s Still Dreams continue with their mid-1980s New Order obsession on their new single Last True Love. The flip side of their last single sounded like Bizzare Love Triangle and on this one we hear hints of Peter Hook’s bass lifted straight from 1963 alongside the synth-pop beats and singer Maaya’s charming vocals. It’s backed with Get Over and Elefant’s press writer surpasses their previous efforts with the line “Once again, silk and sparkle, teardrops in sunbeams, hedonism and hope.” The track itself sounds like a remix carried out for the Wigan Casino. Two contrasting but excellent tracks. Be a … Continue reading Still Dreams – Last True Love
The new single from Red Sleeping Beauty sees the Swedish outfit join forces with Mary Wyer from Even As We Speak who features on vocals. It’s a casual, relaxed dance tune and it’s hard not to compare the song with … Continue reading Red Sleeping Beauty – Second Time
I must admit I have been waiting for this one from the Italian post-punk band Ash Code since it was announced given the line up of remixers. Fear in its raw form is a pulsating track combining all the elements … Continue reading Ash Code – Fear
Terry Vs Tori team up with David Alonso (Baywaves) once more on the new collaborative single Diamond Brand. Alonso, who contributed towards two tracks on the band’s recent debut album Heathers, adds some nice touches of electronica replacing the bands … Continue reading Terry vs. Tori & David Alonso – Diamond Brand
Death Instinct – Silhouettes Pittsburgh’s Death Instinct fuse shoegaze and post-punk in order to produce their dark landscapes. Silhouettes has a bit of New Order’s In A Lonely Place about its person as barely audible vocals move in and out … Continue reading Post Punk Tuesday
A quick run through some of my recent “post-punk” fixes. A bit of a lazy post (sorry!) but gives me a chance to try out some of the other Bandcamp widgets as well as clearing some outstanding bookmarks! I have … Continue reading Post Punk Saturday Soundtrack
Live with Excuse is taken from Still Dreams forthcoming mini-album Make Believe. It’s the second single released on Elefant Records for the Minoh based act. As is their usual way Elefant quote a range of acts in their press release … Continue reading Still Dreams – Live With Excuse
