I’ve been spinning the new Batpiss album over the past week and it totally rips. Seriously folks, get on it. Admittedly I wasn’t the biggest fan of the first two records, 2013’s Nuclear Winter and 2015’s Biomass, but the band has finally taken all that works from their intense live shows and musical development into a fully realised record. Drawing from the long-standing tradition of filth Melbourne punk rock‘n’roll, mixed with a typically more American-style of sludge and noise rock – somewhere between Unsane and Drive Like Jehu – the new, aptly named Rest in Piss brings everything together in a perfect sonic melding of noise, melody and driving rhythm. Do yourself a favour and pick a copy up from the good people at Poison City Records.
Metallic hardcore pioneers Converge have released a new double 7” single, their first new material since 2012’s All We Love We Leave Behind. Releasing the two tracks I Can Tell You About Pain and Eve, the band has continued their unique brand of noise rock inflected hardcore and extreme metal. The single is available for purchase now from Epitaph and Deathwish Records, with a new full-length expected to be released later this year.
Brisbane’s IDYLLS have announced the upcoming release of their third full length album. Entitled The Barn, the record is due to be released Friday September 29 on Black Wire Records in Australia and Holy Roar Records internationally. The band has released the lead single No Virility, available to stream now. Pre-orders for The Barn are available now via Black Wire Records.
North Carolina noise-pop punks Superchunk have announced the re-release of their 1990 self-titled debut album on vinyl for the first time since its original release. The long out of print release will be put out on band members Laura Ballance and Mac McCaughan’s indie powerhouse Merge Records. Reflecting on the background of the band’s early days and first release, McCaughan explains, “I was living in New York City finishing school when we made this record, so rehearsals and recording were all rushed. I’m surprised we knew this many songs well enough to record them. Twenty-seven years later, we still play at least three or four of these songs live occasionally.” All copies of the album will be accompanied with a full-size replica flyer of an early Superchunk show, with the first 250 copies coming on limited edition orange vinyl. The band most recently released a new single this year entitled I Got Cut.
Los Angeles punk rockers The Bronx have announced the upcoming release of their fifth full-length album, aptly titled V. Following up the release of 2013’s IV, the band has kept busy maintaining their main band but also finding equal success in their mariachi alter-ego group Mariachi El Bronx. With the new record due for release on Friday September 22 on Cooking Vinyl, the band has released lead single Sore Throat. Frontman Matt Caughthran explains, “Sore Throat is a crime scene. A triumphantly tragic story of a manic mind frozen in freefall. The sonic smashing of your moral compass.” Pre-orders for V are available now.
