#644

Yep, they were brill.

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#645

this came up on my spotify and now I’m hooked

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#646

Funnily enough I’ve been listening to that album today after Ian Cohen was tweeting about his review of it. Never heard it before but it was great!

#647

Harmlessness by them is an absolutely fantastic album too.

Always Foreign is decent as well but a lot darker than the previous two.

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#648

So what are the Hotelier up to?

#649

Just thinking this. Been a few years since the last one eh

#650

I’m worried!

#651

oh yeah, i saw they tweeted the other day about a free gig in NY later today, where they are playing for and hour and a half. be interesting to see what the set looks like.

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#652

They’re very non-committal on the socials…really do hope they come back with something soon

#653

7 tracks from Home Like No Place…

https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/the-hotelier/2019/riverfront-park-troy-ny-3b9e0044.html

#654

nice setlist, nothing new though :frowning:

#655

A couple of new emo records out today:

First a new EP from Signals Midwest, for fans of Oso Oso, Tigers Jaw, Warm Thoughts etc

And the new album by Have Mercy, only recently discovered them off the back of the new singles which are a little bit Jimmy Eat World but a bit heavier and darker esp on their previous albums.

#656

New one from Slaughter Beach, Dog, too.

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#657

The new Microwave album has been announced (pre-order here - https://purenoise.merchnow.com/). I think they’re really interesting. Last record was a mix of (good) Weezer meets (good) TBS.

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#658

Pure Noise signing too. Given what they started out as, that label are knocking it out of the park at the moment. Can’t Swim, Spanish Love Songs, Drug Church and now Microwave.

Loving the direction of the new stuff too. Much Love is nice but this has way more bite.

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#659

Yeah. I know what you mean - there was quite a lot of promise in their last one though, so glad they’re pursuing a darker path

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#660

This band Proper. were mentioned in the new releases thread last week and I’ve just checked them out.

Just released a new album on Big Scary Monsters (which if you still buy CDs have a two for one code - which also works on odd numbers just halves the price :man_shrugging:)

Looks like they used to be called Great Wight

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#661

Dunno if anyone here is into Somos? Their ‘Temple of Plenty’ album was pretty much my 2014 AOTY.

They posted about finishing LP3, so I was stoked to here it. Then they announced on Sunday that their guitarist Phil Haggerty had died - no cause of death given but the guy was only 28.

They released the album early (was due out in Autumn I think) on bandcamp to help cover the funeral costs, and having reached that target fairly quickly the money from album sales is going to a foundation that helps fund social justice degrees etc.

Feels almost crass to discuss the album but it is fantastic… more atmospheric Turnover/Appleseed Cast type stuff on this compared with the first album.

#662

While the decision to go ahead and release this video four days after the brutal murder of a police officer is questionable IMO, the new song from Nervus is otherwise excellent despite starting out as a straight-up rip-off of The Sweater Song

#663

Old but new…

I’m guessing if folks are in here then a lot of you already own the Science 1994 version but Numero group are doing one of their lovely reissues for Indian Summer.

For those who haven’t heard them before, Indian Summer were talky/scrambly/falling on the floor, ground zero emo. weren’t around for long but they were cracking.

http://www.numerogroup.com/d/indian-summer-giving-birth-to-thunder