Hello! Lisa here. Every month, I'll be digging through the best new submissions on Musosoup, picking out a handful of tracks that have pricked up my ears and piqued my interest. Hopefully you’ll like some of them too!
It’s a pretty indie-leaning selection this month, from dark post-punk to nostalgic indie-pop, gnarly Aussie riffage, surf punk and a very British ‘00s throwback. If you like guitars, there’s lots of them here. If you don’t, then I’d love to hear your tips from genres across the board. Enjoy!
Listen to all the tracks here on Lisa's Musosoup playlist:
My Life As A Moth - Time Thief
Swedish-born and London-raised, you can hear hallmarks of both places in My Life As A Moth’s latest track ‘Time Thief’. From her Scandi side, a clarity and precision of vocal; from the UK capital… well, everything else. Darkly post-punk, with grinding riffs and an industrial undercurrent, you can imagine the singer taking up residency at Brixton’s alt mecca The Windmill, or lining up on a bill alongside fellow gothic guitar-wielder Heartworms. Prickly and unsettling, it’s a captivating listen.
Paris Pick - Third Time’s A Charm
The title track from the Canadian singer’s just-released new album, ‘Third Time’s A Charm’ mixes a doe-eyed ‘50s flavour with ‘70s tonal warmth - a wholesome combination that’s ripe for skewering. And skewer she does, with unexpected melodic turns and a slow final fade out that suggests, beneath the repeated chants of “he sets me free”, that maybe Paris Pick is more hopeful than sure.
Verticoli - Milk and Honey
Tasmanian three-piece Verticoli have almost certainly spent a lot of hours worshipping at the altar of Nirvana; before frontman Sam Hunn’s vocals kick in, you’d be forgiven for thinking the opening bars of ‘Milk and Honey’ were about to burst into ‘Breed’. Then, they kick into a track detailing the disappointments of America, of going to California and seeking an idyll but winding up at the centre of a country slowly undoing the world, and you realise why the rawness of their Kurt and co-style palette actually fits very well indeed.
Ouster Nash - Don’t Wake Up
There’s a certain type of garage rock - see: FIDLAR or Wavves - where nihilism and fun go hand in hand. Lyrically, we’re in the world of hangovers and despair; sonically, we’re right in the centre of the mosh pit. ‘Don’t Wake Up’, from Brooklyn group Ouster Nash, fits right into this lineage. Written, they say, after vocalist Zack Booth “woke on a deflated blow-up mattress - no pants, an open door, and no memory of who left”, it’s nonetheless a wired, screwy and hella fun romp through surfy guitars and howling energy.
Clara Moschetta - TV
I actually can’t work out how I feel about this one. It sounds SO unbelievably like old school, ‘Made of Bricks’-era Kate Nash with its plinky pianos, handclaps and lyrics about the misogynistic standards on telly that I’d almost advise Clara Moschetta to lawyer up. And yet! Wasn’t that album great! And isn’t a lyrically sparky, very British-in-a-cheeky-wink-sort-of-way singer always quite a fun thing?! Listen to ‘TV’ and decide for yourself!
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