Psychedelic explorers from San Diego, California, Wild Wild Wets, returned final week with their fourth full-length album, “Time Mutations,” by way of Salton Sea Sound System.
Fashioned in San Diego’s fertile psych scene, Wild Wild Wets have turn into recognized for his or her swirling, high-energy reveals and kaleidoscopic recordings. With “Time Mutations,” the group continues to evolve, providing listeners an escape into a wierd, cinematic soundscape the place rhythm, melody and creativeness reign supreme.
The report is offered on a limited-edition “Mutation Isle Splatter” vinyl and in a bundle that includes a customized Guatemala Cubulco roast from FUZZ Espresso — a daring, fastidiously curated brew to pair with the album’s immersive textures.
Recorded stay at Earthling Studios in El Cajon, California, and produced completely by the band themselves, “Time Mutations” is their most expansive and conceptual report thus far. Engineered, blended, and mastered by Mike Kamoo, the album weaves fever-dream psychedelia, gritty funk and experimental art-rock right into a surreal listening expertise.
Frontman Mike Turi designed the report’s putting art work, and describes listening to the brand new album as, “getting into one other world — a story about constructing your personal society, bending the principles of humanity, and teetering between dream and dystopia. Think about Dr. Moreau meets Ziggy Stardust.”
That sense of otherworldly imaginative and prescient comes alive throughout standout tracks like “When Your Ghost Turns into an Island,” “Evolver,” and “Sunshine Sue,” the latter of which arrives with a stay studio efficiency video now streaming on-line.
The group will deliver “Time Mutations” to the stage all through Southern California within the weeks forward, starting with a efficiency on the Bamboo Membership in Lengthy Seaside on August 27, adopted by a hometown album launch present on the Casbah in San Diego on August 30. They’ll additionally seem in Los Angeles on September 19 at Everlasting Data.
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The Atlanta-based indie/alt-pop rock group abandcalledlove. are able to make their subsequent huge leap with the discharge of their debut EP “Thriving Season,” arriving September 26 by way of their very own imprint Valiant Sound Co. With the only “A Liar!” able to set the tone on August 29, the group is stepping confidently into their Thriving Season certainly.
Guitarist and producer Ian Joshua Riley mentioned, for the only, “We needed the push-and-pull nature of the manufacturing and composition to mirror that stress as a lot as doable, so we spent a number of time within the studio balancing the extra conventional dynamic rock parts with the extra delicate electronics and ambient, atmospheric moments to actually emphasize the general dynamics of the observe, particularly main as much as the track’s climax.”
Fashioned in early 2020 by frontman Ryan Chandler Love and Riley, abandcalledlove. rapidly moved from a collaborative studio experiment to a domestically liked stay act. Their lineup — now rounded out by guitarist Blake Aldridge, bass participant Brooks Roberts, and drummer Austin Yagle — first broke by means of with the only “Colours Bloom” earlier than promoting out their debut efficiency at The Masquerade in 2021.
Since then, they’ve constructed a repute for putting, self-produced singles and high-energy reveals, with half of their 16 stay performances promoting out and phases shared throughout all 4 Masquerade rooms in addition to venues all through the Southeast.
On “Thriving Season,” the band tapped producer/engineer Corey Bautista to sharpen their already distinct mix of hovering melodies, lush textures and propulsive drive. The result’s an EP that balances stadium-sized rock ambition with atmospheric subtlety.
“If the opening observe of the EP is a ‘mission assertion’ of types denoting what love is, and the second observe of the EP is an extrapolation of these concepts, then ‘A Liar!’ is meant to be an antithetical, bastardized illustration of ‘love’ skilled whereas deliberately and genuinely pursuing it,” Riley mentioned.
Past their very own materials, abandcalledlove. have rapidly turn into fixtures within the wider music neighborhood. Each Love and Riley are a part of the Grammy’s Class of 2025 Recording Academy and proceed to work as full-time producers and songwriters with credit on a number of Billboard-charting initiatives.
Riley additionally excursions with indie chamber pop collective Adjy from Triple Crown Data and Spherical Hill Music. Most not too long ago, the band contributed a visitor function to Woe, Is Me’s comeback single “Seminola Blvd,” additional highlighting their collaborative versatility.
Followers desperate to see abandcalledlove. stay received’t have lengthy to attend — the band will carry out at Atlanta’s Heart Stage on September 25 in help of viral TikTok breakout Cuffing Season, simply sooner or later earlier than the discharge of “Thriving Season.”
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Liverpool’s personal Novelty Island, a surrealist pop venture of Tom McConnell, unveiled a brand new single, “The Solely Prepare Driver in England,” out now by way of Ripe Data. The observe, which weaves woozy guitars with melancholy lyrics, expresses McConnell’s private anxieties by means of his signature off-kilter lens.
“This one is kind of autobiographical,” McConnell mentioned. “Prepare stations usually hyperlink with moments of loss. The Solely Prepare Driver in England is about my anxieties for my very own future, notably the ending stream of consciousness. I wrote 32 little strains for that however once I received to report it, I realised I wanted 64, so I swapped them throughout for the second go round, piling anxieties on prime of anxieties.”
The one gives a primary glimpse into the darker, extra surreal territory of the forthcoming album “Jigsaw Causeway,” which is ready to launch on October 3, by means of Liverpool independents 9×9 Data and Ripe Data. Impressed by the fuzzed-out textures of Grandaddy, Beck, and Boards of Canada, McConnell’s newest assortment leans into melancholic lo-fi pop with a dreamlike edge.
Just like Novelty Island’s previous work, the report is paired with McConnell’s visible artwork — papier-mâché sculptures, lo-fi animations and claymation items all impressed by the songs. The “Jigsaw Causeway” album sleeve itself is crafted from over 50,000 jigsaw items. This inventive imaginative and prescient will prolong into the venture’s debut gallery exhibition of the identical identify, October 4–10 at Bridewell Studios & Gallery in Liverpool, following a particular launch occasion on October 3.
Forward of the album, Novelty Island has already constructed momentum with singles “Wet,” “Foam Animals,” and “Northern Nowhere,” which discovered help from BBC 6Music’s Nathan Shepherd.
Since forming at Abbey Street in 2019, Novelty Island has carved out a repute for a prop-filled stay present, competition appearances at Glastonbury, Moseley People Pageant, and Sound Metropolis Liverpool, and help slots with Sea Energy, The Pale White, and Trudy & The Romance. McConnell’s discography — spanning two albums, a number of EPs, and a string of experimental aspect initiatives — has garnered reward from shops comparable to MOJO, The Line of Finest Match, and The Fader.
With “Jigsaw Causeway” and a UK headline tour on the horizon for Winter 2025, Novelty Island continues to develop its singular universe, blurring the strains between music, artwork and surreal pop storytelling.
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London indie punk trio cheerbleederz are formally again with their brand-new single “Passenger Princess,” out August twentieth by way of Alcopop! Data. A whip-smart metaphor for taking management of your personal life — wrapped up within the everlasting dilemma of studying to drive as an grownup — it’s one other bags-of-fun slice of DIY magic from the three-piece.
“‘Passenger Princess’ is about studying to be the driving drive in your personal life,” bassist Sophie MacKenzie shared. “It is perhaps simpler to let others dictate your course, but it surely provides you way more that means to go your personal approach and belief your personal instincts. Simply because you’ve got been a passenger princess doesn’t imply you possibly can’t be king of the street afterward. Additionally, isn’t it enjoyable to shout sing ‘beep beep?’”
The one is lifted from their forthcoming EP “show me flawed,” due September fifth, 2025 on Alcopop! Data. Recorded with longtime collaborator Wealthy Mandell throughout classes at The Bookhouse Studio in London, the brand new report is one other tightly-honed assortment of irresistible DIY songwriting.
This time, the trio leaned into broader themes — taking management of your personal life, the load of non-public accountability, and the unusual disillusionment that comes with rising older and other than pals.
“In case your friendships don’t serve you anymore, or they really feel extra like a contest, it’s time to let go,” drummer Phoebe Cross defined. “Feeling a bit defeated after a cling with a buddy just isn’t how you must really feel.”
Lead single “i deserve higher” landed final month and has already picked up tastemaker love from DORK Journal, Noizze, Get In Her Ears, plus spins from Amy Lamé at BBC Radio 6music and John Kennedy at Radio X — setting the tone for what’s to return.
The band will have fun the EP with their stay return this September on a brief run of UK headline dates, earlier than becoming a member of LAKES at The Underworld, London on November twenty second. Tickets are on sale now.
“show me flawed” marks the primary new materials from cheerbleederz since their critically-acclaimed 2022 debut “even in jest” — an album that earned reward from Brooklyn Vegan, UPSET, GIGWISE, and The Punk Website, alongside radio help from BBC 6Music, Radio X, BBC London, and Superb Radio.
Within the years since, the trio has toured with Recent, The Spook College, and even Wheatus after frontman Brendan B. Brown stumbled throughout them on Bandcamp and have become an instantaneous fan. They’ve additionally hit competition phases at Manchester Punk Pageant, 2000 Timber, and TRUCK Pageant, whereas not too long ago finishing their first European tour.
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Belfast’s DIY feminist queerpunk group Drawback Patterns launched their newest single, “Traditional Rock Has Turn into My Jail,” by way of Alcopop! Data. It gives a glimpse of their upcoming EP “Boring Songs For Boring Individuals,” out September 12.
Recorded, blended and mastered at Belfast’s Begin Collectively Studios with longtime collaborator Niall Doran, the only hit the scene with a video directed by Beverley Boal. In it, the four-piece step into inventive personas — Beverley Flippin’ Boal, MegaBeth, Laborious Rock Alanah, and Ciara King Cobra — lampooning the excesses of the style whilst they shred their approach by means of it.
The observe’s inspiration is rooted in each on a regular basis frustration and a deeper societal critique.
“The title was the concluding sentence of a rant about my neighbour who performs traditional rock radio stations obnoxiously loud from his storage for hours on sunny days,” the band defined. “However the extra I considered traditional rock tunes, the extra I believed in regards to the sexism and misogyny rampant within the lyrics of even the most well-liked songs.”
Drawback Patterns crammed the observe with sly references, hiding 25 infamous traditional rock lyric nods in its patchwork construction. The band mentioned there will probably be a prize for many who can accurately establish every reference.
Sonically, they lean arduous into the tropes they’re skewering, layering ripping solos, chugging riffs, and arena-sized drum fills earlier than unleashing their signature fury. Because the band places it: “That is Drawback Patterns at our cock-rockiest.”
Drawback Patterns had a breakout second in 2024, when their debut album “Shirt Membership” took house Album of the 12 months on the Northern Irish Music Prize. The band has since earned reward from punk icons Kathleen Hanna and Henry Rollins, whereas tearing up phases throughout headline excursions, competition units, and help runs with Bo Ningen and Michael Cera Palin.
“Traditional Rock Has Turn into My Jail” follows the teams spring 2025 single titled “I’m High-quality and I’m Doing Nice,” which held down a four-week run on BBC Radio 6 Music’s C Listing, together with “Unhappy Outdated Lady,” that includes Pissed Denims’ Matt Korvette.
Pre-orders for “Boring Songs For Boring Individuals” are stay now, and within the coming weeks there can even be a screen-printed vinyl with a tongue-in-cheek line of workplace mug merch to match on the market on their web site.
With summer season appearances lined up — together with the Pink Pound Birthday Occasion, Get In Her Ears Fest, and newly introduced dates with Pissed Denims, Different Half, and Fightmilk — Drawback Patterns are making waves within the punk scene.
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