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I've Been in a Bad Mood...
...I'm not sure why exactly. I guess it's been a pretty stressful time as CoolDaughter #1 prepares to graduate from middle school while all of the other end-of-school-year stuff has been happening. I've seen CoolMom for a total of about 6 hours in the last two weeks. The coolvan's AC has been kind of on the fritz. And I'm just about through cleaning and disinfecting our shed of the giant pile of rodent shit that accumulated in there over the winter. Could be any one or a combination of those things.
That's kind of put a damper on my ability / motivation / desire to post stuff here, but there have been a few things I've been meaning to tell you about.
Brackish, "Teflon"
Philadelphia band Brackish announced last week that they'd be releasing a new 7". Coming Down is due later this summer from Black Numbers; and the band released first single, "Teflon," to go along with their announcement.
Brackish's late lead guitarist Chris Baranowski wrote all of the guitar parts for "Teflon;" and singer Connor Byrne says that the release is a tribute to his friend Chris as well as to the New Jersey punk bands who exerted so much influence on the pair when they were teenagers. That should tell you a lot about what you'll hear on "Teflon."
Check out the song; and you can check out Brackish when they play tonight, June 14th, upstairs at Philly's Kung Fu Necktie with Remnants, Evergreen, Jon Hernandez, and Greg Baker. On June 23rd. the band play Everybody Hits! with Captain We're Sinking, Loose Tooth, and Queen Jesus.
Trü, Trü
New Jersey four-piece Trü formed when guitarists Pat Defrancisci and Keith Williams cooked up a plan over drinks at a friend's wedding last October. They hooked up with bassist / vocalist Cindy Ward and drummer Steve Cerri; and, just this past Friday, managed to release their first EP.
The set moves easily between shoegaze ("Trouble") and power-pop ("Kirsti") displaying influences from My Bloody Valentine to Weezer to Built To Spill. Trü is a solid effort from a newly-formed band, and it's definitely worth a listen.
Charly Bliss, video for "Westermarck"
Sometimes, when I'm feeling like I want to punch a hole through a wall, it's nice to come across something fun. The Charly Bliss release show a few weeks back was an upbeat highlight of the last month or so; and, yesterday, the band released a new video.
Charly Bliss fully embraced their pop proclivities on their debut, Guppy; and they just released a video for album -- I was gonna say "standout" but I really love all the songs on this record -- track, "Westermarck."
It features the band at summer camp, painting each other's faces, and spinning singer Eva Hendricks in a bowl. Like lots of the songs on Guppy, the syrupy-sweet delivery often masks some darker things ("The scar on your face from the birthday fight..."), but it's still fun to sing and bounce along.
I may have even cracked a smile for a second.
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