CRYBABY

Deep Sht - Mythmaker

Dollchimes - Lapidary Throats

Norse Horse - Shoot the Kids

So psyched on this new 12" compilation assembled by our Californian chum Sam at Family Time Records. It feels like we've featured nearly every band on the roster, and for good reason; the dark sloppiness and teen hauntologies bottled up in bands like Blessure Grave, Trudgers and Strange Frames are totally our thing here at RQ, not forgetting Ancient Crux's slacker anthems or the ambient wave static of Kevin Greenspon. Deep Sht's rusted new hit "Mythmaker" dazes out in the best way with Tom Watson's breathy apathy and big slices of chrome fuzz, while Dollchimes decorate their post-punk with some teased-hair '80s goth pop sensibilities. The compilation's not all gloomy graveyard parties though, Norse Horse's "Shoot the Kids" features some suitably wonky sun-fried tropicalia.

[Deep Sht Myspace]

[Dollchimes Myspace]

[Norse Horse Myspace]

[Pre-order Family Time 12" now]

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Tom Watson's pop gleams in glorious bronze and is growing rust from hanging out in all the watery gaps between frequencies where guitars bathe in analogue haze and turquoise low-fidelity, where garbled vocals are heard only through underwater ears. Recent signee to the increasingly exciting California-based Family Time Records, Watson offers a complementary slice of Anglicized fuzz to the roster which includes the new weird exotica of Norse Horse and previously loved Ancient Crux. There's a pretty earnest but way-cool nonchalance throughout this debut EP Weird You which slithers past all yr fave 80s & 90s alternative touchstones, totally straight up with cigarette hanging out corner of mouth, giving you the fingers, but also hopeful in its insolence that somebody else might help him look for gems (but also settle for coppers) hidden beneath all the sodden grime and detritus of South East London.

[Deep Sht Myspace]

[Buy Weird You on cassette/CD from Family Time Records]