New EP from Bad Cop is coming down the pipe for release on October 28th. Wish You Well … and Goodbye is a scant three songs but they manage to pack the punch you come to expect from the band. They also seemed to have found the proper match for themselves in terms of production – just the  right balance between polish and lo-fi.

Never doubt the power of compelling album art. I’m calling this a Kubrickian shout out to the Overlook Hotel – even if that’s not the case, that’s the story I’m going with. 

The music within is energetic, diverse and a very solid bit of good time pop. Do enjoy.

Well what have we here? A new How I Became the Bomb song? And the promise of a new record, Adonis,  on November 4th? I’ll file this one under Unbelievable.

With a name like “ZeR0FuX” you have to wonder if the artist really gives, well, any fucks about what they’re making but the results of this ambient undertaking suggest at least one or two fucks were given. It’s a great headphone listen that I can personally endorse as working to drown out the sounds of Portland Brew.

Bonus: if you download and reverse Track 2, a new hidden track is revealed. How’s that for zero fucks?

Not quite sure what to make of Neon Black yet as I’ve just heard the one song but with band members named “Wherewolf” and “Ape Wall” I’m certainly intrigued to hear more.

The latest from “Wrong” is a nice slowly building piece of bedroom pop that keeps up a solid “rainy melancholy Sunday” vibe. Taken from this 80N7 compilation featuring plenty of other quality bedroom pop.

Tomorrow is Cassette Store Day and as Burger Records is leading the charge in the revival of the format, they’re also releasing a lot of quality tapes to go along with the celebration. One such release is Natural Child’s Live in Birmingham – available tomorrow, Sept 27th. Preview “White People” at the link above.

The latest from Sugar Sk*_*lls is, far and away, his best undertaking yet. The concept of 8-bit sounds might feel foreign to some but this is an undeniably well conceived dark landscape of sound. It’s a perfect pairing of sounds that you associate with childhood matched against something quite creepy and foreboding. 

Ah, I love an album redux. Same songs, new approach. Every bit as good as the original but with new elements to fall in love with. This is a pretty atypical move for an artist but who doesn’t expect atypical from PUJOL?

The video game soundtracks of Sam English always prove to be an engaging listen. His most recent is a preview EP for Vagante, which evokes a fairly medieval RPG vibe. However, I was more compelled by his work on the UniBall Soundtrack – an eSports game I’ll probably never play but am totally entertained by due to the dark synth driven soundscapes he created. It’s short but it’s a nice way to envision yourself driving through TRON.