Wednesday's pretty busy around here at CoolDad Music HQ; so I decided that for today's release, I'd focus on an EP. You may remember that, on Sunday night, I made my first appearance on the Signal To Noise Internet radio program hosted by Al C of Sugarblast Music Company. I listened intently to the show -- twice -- and made some really excellent discoveries thanks to Al. One of those was Mantua Township, NJ's The Insides.
Released about a week ago, the band's latest EP, Pixel Mess, features four tracks that draw heavily on the 1990s indie rock sounds of bands that I love like Dinosaur Jr. and, especially, Built to Spill.
Opener "similar times" starts off with some heavy guitar chords until Joey LoPresti's lead guitar starts cutting through the mix. "pixel mess," the track I heard on the show that brought me over to Bandcamp, is a short mix of pop and heaviness that gets that mix just right. "small world" continues the chunkiness until it reaches its open and airy chorus, really turning on the Martsch-itude. Set-closer "fork boy" starts out with some off-kilter guitar, and then the wall of sound comes again. It ends up feeling kind of epic until it abruptly ends.
Ian Gallagher plays bass on all of the tracks with LoPresti handling vocals, guitar, and drums. The Gloucester County duo have produced something that sits squarely in one of my sweet spots, and I'm counting them as one of my favorite discoveries in a long time.
Pixel Mess is available as a Name Your Price download over at The Insides' Bandcamp page.
Thanks, guys. Thanks, Al.
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