(9/25/24)
one's a mysterious little uplifting fun album that came out of nowhere, ones a fucking awesome new band from Peru with a very FAMILIAR and AWESOME sound that i will never get tired of, ones a brand new single from awesome people that i fuck with heavy and one is an AMAZING BEAUTIFUL surprise of an album that i'm so fucking grateful for.
JUMBO XL - PEACE AND POWER
[Peace and Power by Jumbo XL released on August 31st, 2024]
So I'm pretty sure this is 1-800-Mikey cause he posted this on his ig story a couple weeks ago, the day he put it out i'm assuming and i fucking love his music like yea 1-800-Mikey but also that other project "Dying Adolescence" thats so dreamy and cute and fun and it kind of reminds me of earlier Current Joys like back when Current Joys was Tele/Visions, that kinda era. But yea anywaysss back to my point i love this dudes music so i saw that shit and played it right away and i fucking loved itttt. Its upbeat and its fun and its a tiny bit more straight forward rock music than 1-800-Mikey and its awesome.
Favorite song is "Crime Spree" for sure, that song just fills you with a lust for life feeling that makes you wanna go out and do stupid shit with your friends and the lyrics are :3 greatt lol. Probably second favorite is "I'm Out", that song starts off really fun with this catchy surf kinda riff that kind of reminds me of los blenders funny enough, like surfeando de amor or some shit like that and yea just good vibes all around its siick. and then "Peace and Power" and "Corners" kinda tied for third i guess, Peace and Power kind of feels tough in a videogame kind of way if that makes sense lol. And yea the whole album (or EP? idk) is just 7 songs and just short of 12 minutes and its just good vibes and a fun ride and its awesome and i'm always happy any day there's new music from this dude no matter how big or small.
I don't know if "Jumbo XL" is gonna be a whole new band or just a kind of other project name to put songs out under but yea i'm psyched nonetheless.
SUPER FUZZ - SUPER FUZZ
[Super Fuzz By Super Fuzz released on April 12th, 2024]
PERUVIAN EGG PUNK LOL! Egg Punk has reached South America and its sickk and epic and yea lol some songs sound exactly like Gee Tee but i think thats fucking awesomeee. My friend Bronto showed me them cause he's also Peruvian and knows a bunch of fire music from down there and as soon as he played the first song i was like yo this is so siick and could not stop smiling. They have a song called "Kickass" about the superhero and the fact that theres a song about Kickass made by a new egg punk band of younger kids from Peru like everything about that is sooo fucking awesomee and so exciting. The synth parts are catchy and the lyrics are funny talking about superheroes and vegetable worlds and shit like that and its all in spanish and i don't know much about them but from this EP and the random live videos i've seen i think this band is so siick and can't wait to see and hear more from them.
Favorite song from the Super Fuzz EP is probably Metamizol and then Kickass second and then Mundo Vegetal third.
Its funny this kid even does the mask thing like Kel from Gee Tee. (siiick!)
(There's so many younger bands nowadays that take themselves wayyy too seriously and make some fake sad or fake angry music that kinda sucks or just feels so empty and devoid of actual life so its so sick to see new younger bands just making music for fun and being goofy and stupid for the fuck of it cause why not. or at least thats how i feel about it, what the fuck do i know.) (More Egg Punk i sayyyy! MORE! MORE! MORE!)
QUAD SUPER SIX - SHINE ON YOU
[Shine On You By Quad Super Six released on August 30th, 2024]
FUN LOUD BRIGHT NOISY POWERPOP TYPE SHIT FROM AWESOME PEOPLE! The fucking album cover, the band name, the video, the instruments, the SOUNDDD!! I fucking love all of it, it feels happy and bright and reminds of Spacemen 3 and its fucking awesome! I mainly know about Quad Super Six cause it consists of some of the dudes from MOSS! and Form and Micron and other bands that surround that little orange county crew of people and yea i think i would see when they'd post flyers of this band but never really kept up with it that much but was always curious and now they put out this single "Shine On You" with a music video as well and the song and music video are so siick and fills you with such a happy bright feeling and apparently it also means that they're gonna put out an album probably at the beginning of Next Year and i can't wait to hear it.
DUSTER - IN DREAMS
[ In Dreams By Duster released on August 30th, 2024 ]
Last but MOST certainly not Least.
THE NEW DUSTER ALBUM!
Thats actually a NEW album, not just a compilation of old stuff like the Remote Echoes one (which was also amazing actually and i am totally not complaining i fucking love all those songs too, but yea i was already listening to that shit on youtube as the experimental dust album that was out there)(lowkey liked the experimental dust album cover better too, like the mist on the bridge one, that feels perfect to that selection of songs) but anywaysss this new duster album in its beauty and grace is so fucking amazingggggg!!@@#@#!@#!!!!
The way i can describe Dusters music and sound and even some of what i know about their story is that Duster is slow and patient and loving and beautiful and definitely this album is exactly that (and yea this album isn't like the rest of the picks on this list but who gives a fuck it's not like you only feel one emotion as a human being and also its not even like duster is just "sad" and this album is actually fucking firee).
This album kind of feels a bit more similar to the feelings of Stratosphere (1st Duster album) which i'm super happy about but it also does feel new in the way of new feelings and experiences that these dudes might've felt or reflected upon or something like idk specifically songs like "Isn't Over" which feel to me like (i could be totally wrong idk) when you get older and you feel like you've outgrown certain things and maybe in a sad way you feel like you can't feel the same happiness you did when you were younger and you feel like "the movie is over" so to speak but this song acts as a reminder that theres more life to live and life isn't over and there's more to experience and its a more optimistic side of duster like a hand to help you get up from a rut kind of thing. I could be wrong i don't know but i do feel like this album definitely feels more optimistic while still holding onto the hard reality of things if that makes sense.
"No Feel" and "Starting To Fall" are my favorite songs on the album hands down and the way they go into each other also is amazing. "Starting To Fall" feels like that emotional tsunami feeling that Duster songs have kind of like "Letting Go" from the self titled album or "Me and The Birds" from Contemporary Movements or fucking "Orbitron" with that one basic but heavy and beautiful riff. "Close To Home" definitely feels sad as fuck kind of like walking aimlessly through some self deprecating feelings or something and then "Isn't Over" feels a bit more optimistic and brighter. "Cosmotransporter" makes me think of Interstellar like when Mathew McConaughey is going into the black hole and also the scene where he's watching the video of his daughter and she's way older cause of the time jump thing and he's crying and its super fucking sadddd.
"Baking Tapes" is such a good song name and makes me think of when you're recording a tape and it feels similar to that of baking a cake and waiting for it to be done and hoping that it comes out okay and all that and makes me happy to listen to thinking of that sentiment. The vocals in "Like A Movie" kind of reminded of Damon Albarns voice in specific blur or gorillaz songs like idk beetlbum or smtn like that which was funny and i like the lyrics, they feel a bit more direct than most Duster songs. "Poltergeist" is really good as well, the fuzz in that song is great feels like a kind of static atmosphere. and "Anhedonia" is really slow and soft and i like it as the last song on the album because it feels like a kind of light soundscapey sigh of relief at the end of an endeavor/album.
(i might've made this one longer than i intended but whatever i'm still tryna figure out how to go about writing these articles but i figure that writing about music i'm excited about it in a general way is a good start and i'll figure the rest out along the way)(it might've made more sense to write an individual article for the duster album but whatever)( who knows maybe i still will) (idk)(disclaimer: anything written here is not to be taken too seriously as i am merely a stranger on the internet thats very excited about music but at the end of the day what the fuck do i know)(also in the same way that i'm excited to share my opinion, i am equally excited about hearing other peoples opinions about the same music so feel free to respond and share) (two wolves live inside me in 2024 duster and gee tee)(lol)
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