Math-rock quartet And So I Watch You From Afar hit their groove on their seventh LP, with the perfect balance of loud-and-quiet dynamics resulting in a positively affirming—and downright fun—listen. Hop over to FLOOD‘s website to read my full review of Megafauna.
Following last year’s release of their debut album, L.A. band Draag continue to push forward their dreamy grungegaze romps on a six-song EP. Read my full review on FLOOD‘s website.
After developing their confidence and honing their sound over the course of a decade, Kentucky hardcore quintet Knocked Loose push boundaries in a big way on their third full-length. Read my full review on FLOOD‘s website.
With Milly frontman Brendan Dyer’s gentle vocals contrasting with crunchy guitars, each of the 10 songs on their second album sound like wanna-be Silversun Pickups tunes—albeit ones that never would’ve made the cut on one of that vastly superior band’s records. Read my complete review via New Noise.
Cardiff seven-piece Los Campesinos! are more comfortable with their identity than ever before on their seventh LP, a culmination of all the band’s genre experimentation over the past two decades. Read my full review of All Hell via FLOOD.
Melbourne duo Armlock opt for the less-is-more approach to heartfelt lyricism and layered instrumentals to deeply affecting results on their all-too-brief second record. Read my full review via FLOOD.
Idaho is best known for producing more potatoes than anywhere else in the U.S. In recent decades, it’s become so red that Idaho is now neck and neck with Mississippi as the most right-wing state in the Union. Idaho boasts the most miles of rivers than anywhere else in the country. The majority of its residents are virulently anti-government land conservationists not just suspicious of but resentful toward anyone who isn’t a third-generation Idahoan or older. Along those same lines, what today’s Idahoans feel more strongly about than anything else is their pure, white-hot hatred of Californians.
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Bangladefy‘s Vulture reflects a band that, now 15 years old, still isn’t focused on what its two members want their endeavor to be. Read my full review via New Noise.
The Bad Penny (beta) 