Guardian Singles - Guardian Singles - VINYL LP

Guardian Singles hail from Auckland, New Zealand, home to (among many things) storied tag Flying Nun & just about every great indie band of the last century. After seeing the band's livestream from Auckland for Gonerfest 17 in fall of 2020, Trouble In Mind is honored to welcome the band to the roster & reissue their excellent 2020 self-titled album outside of New Zealand for the first time.Formed in 2015, by Thom Burton on guitar (SoccerPractise, Moppy) and Fiona Campbell on drums (Vivian Girls, Coolies), the band hit the ground running, supporting touring bands in New Zealand like METZ, slots on the Chronophonium festival & tours in Australia. The band had recorded what would become their debut album in early 2018, simply as Campbell puts it InchWe just wanted good versions of the songs in our live set we were playing at the time.Inch The addition of Yolanda Fagan on bass (Na Noise, Echo Ohs) and Durham Fenwick on lead guitar (Green Grove) solidified the current lineup in late-2018, and Auckland tag Moral Support released it in a micro-edition of 150 copies in the spring of 2020. The debut album packs a wallop; driving guitar lines dance across the rhythm sections propulsive throb hearkening back to greats like Mission of Burma, The Wipers & The Sound. Opener InchTea Lights ExplodingInch does just that, with an instantly memorable hook & sticky guitar line written as Burton explains as Incha sort of InchF**k youInch to a certain kind of pervasive rape culture and culturally lobotomized idea of masculinity that I was seeing too much ofInch, followed by the moody InchBeing AloneInch. InchRoll UndeadInch is next, with it's persistent shuffle springing forth over a synth-siren before breaking open into an anthemic howl of a chorus. Side one closes with the crunchy stutter-step of InchNever Gonna See The Rain AgainInch. Side two doesn't let up, with aptly-titled opener In