“Bleeds’ squall isn’t its only show of force: In the album’s quieter moments, just when
you think the dust has settled, Hartzman expertly unveils the detail that knifes you in
the gut.”
Photo by Graham Tolbert
ALBUM
. Best Overall Album: Self-titled LP by LOS THUTHANAKA (Bolivian American)
“It starts with a bang. Then a barrage of DJ tags, sampled vocals, and drum rolls carry
us into a sea of ambience. This is the Los Thuthanaka experience in summary: ceremonial but swaggy, cataclysmic but healing, unrefined but magnificent.”
In order to not miss a beat TURN UP THE VOLUME scans the musical
horizon daily, for 10 years now, to pick ace tracks and add 5 new ones
twice per week, to the one and only JUKEBOX playlist that matters.
ALL TOGETHER
The 5 fresh ones TRACK BY TRACK
New album artwork
Band: NOVA TWINS Who: Potent urban R&B punk two-piece,
and vocalist/guitarist Amy Love, from London.
2024 was their blitzkrieg breakthrough year with
their top-shelf debut full-length Letter To Self.
Track: BEG
One of the new songs, along with Rage, released at the same time, from their
2nd longplayer, called All That Is Over. It will
hit the streets on September 26th.
A slice of jacked-up post-punk volcanism.
Malificent tension in the air. Scalding.
Band: DON BRONCO Who: British megastar metal loudmouths, with only
4 full lengths in 27 years. Lazy bastards. Wait, a 5th
one is rumored to be recorded.
Band: GIANT DAY Who: Post-punk-art rock duo from Pennsylvania, featuring Derek Almstead (The Olivia Tremor Control, Elf Power, The Glands,
of Montreal) and Emily Growden (Faster Circuits, Marshmallow Coast).
Their debut album Glass Narciccus
came out, last year in August.
Track: DEVIL DOG
New single from their 2nd, upcoming LP,
named Alarm, out on October 10th.
In order to not miss a beat TURN UP THE VOLUME scans the musical
horizon daily, for 10 years now, to pick ace tracks and add 5 new ones
twice per week, to the one and only JUKEBOX playlist that matters.
ALL TOGETHER
The 5 fresh ones TRACK BY TRACK
Photo by Graham Tolbert
Band: WEDNESDAY Who: Much lauded indies
from North-Carolina.
Karly Hartzman (frontwoman/songwriter) “This song is inspired by a story my friend told
me, from when he had to pull a body out of a creek in West Virginia. Someone had drowned
but they took a few days to resurface because of the current.
‘Holdin on’ is a line from my friend Evan Gray’s poetry book: Thickets Swamped in
a Fence-Coated Briars. He gave me and Jake a copy of it to read on tour once and
that line stuck out to me as pure genius so I stole it and wrote the rest of the song
in my own words around it.”
Charged-up, mid-tempo burner
growing forcefully intense along
its way.
Murray Lightburn: “The music came down all at once, strings, guitar – melodies.
It was so strong and vivid. It pines for the breakthrough, we know it’s there! It’s so
tangible. When that happens, inner strength takes over. There’s a motivation, a reason
to get out of bed. You can feel the sun on your face and maybe a little later a smile will take over.”
Frisky and catchy guitar pop.
Heartwarming vocals.
Sparkling guitars.
Band: MUSE Who: Mega star trio fronted by Matt Bellamy.
So far they have released 9 LPs.
Track: UNRAVELLING
Brand-new single. No new
album news (so far).
“An insect trapped in amber, I’m a fading pulse/ The ecstasy was false/
Our love is an unlit script no one can memorise/ Redacted and revised/ I’ll lie beside you and I’ll try to play along”
Indie pop rockers WEDNESDAY from North-Carolina released
their highly acclaimed 5th LP entitled Rat Saw God last Friday.
It got a metascore (the average score of 12 reviews) of 89%.
Check the reviews here.
One of the three singles is the guitar-loaded
shoegaze/grunge flare-up BATH COUNTRY.
