DIAMONDS

MP3: Terrible Truths - Diamond

Another terrifically energetic new wave gem from new Adelaide outfit Terrible Truths (PRO TIP: they're playing Rose Quartz's Melbourne Showcase this Saturday!). They've already got form with writing intriguingly skewed minor key surf pop curios - despite the fact that this 7" is only their debut release - but Diamond is a pretty impressive step up. There's a kind of ecstatic abandon to the clean production and zippy basslines that's pretty rare from a DIY punk band circa 2k11 but super refreshing. As with the previously-blogged Don Juan, this 7" was mastered by ECSR's Mikey Young which I don't need to tell you is pretty much the seal of quality when it comes to this vein of punk in Australia right now.

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POST WHATEVER

MP3: Terrible Truths – Don Juan

Way into this slinky new jam from Adelaide’s Terrible Truths (Adelaide what is up!), which is all straddling the line between what is post-punk  and what is some floaty, abstract dream-pop or something, and maybe there’s also a lil bit of punk-funk in there, if I can say that without y’all vomiting everywhere. Don’t vomit, though! Or do. What do I care. On their Tumblr, Terrible Truths say they love (actually: “luuurve”) ESG and Delta 5, which is very cool and apparent in their music, what with that sparse groove and vaguely paranoid edge. This track is off a soon-to-be-released split 7” with Hissey Miyake and is kind of a big mash of things we like: it was mastered by ECSR’s Mikey Young, and the band includes members of Bitch Prefect, Kitchen's Floor and Rites Wild. Great!

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WOOLLENS

Kitchen's Floor - Lander
Kitchen's Floor - Dishes
Stoked to finally be hearing this full length from a band who I think started being a band/being awesome just as I was leaving Brisbane a couple of years back. The heavier gunk in these chords really reminds me of the distinct grungyness of the place and the bands that reveled in the best contexts ie. underneath old Queenslander houses w/ summer winds between slats, kind of feeling mirrored by the dirty mattress/deadhead motifs in their clunk, born out of sports lyff and humidity, now with a heedy touch of Flying Nun-type grunge in their multiskilled no-wave, sometimes with a little downer folk in there too and other weird textures that align with other current Brisbane gr8s like Blank Realm. Looks like this came out back in August so not "overly bloggable" all the way in January 2010 BUT HEY.



[Kitchen's Floor MySpace]

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BRAIN BANANA

Really want a green screen eh. Cool new video from Brisbane no-wave pop clunkers, real blasé melodies wriggling out of their jams, soo Brisbane!!!

[Kitchen's Floor MySpace]