Scott Hardware - Ballad Of A Tryhard - VINYL LP

The Joy Formidable, the Welsh trio with a predilection for delivering stadium-sized riffs with shoegazey vistas and dreamy post-punk riffage, return with their stunning new album, Into The Blue. Spanning 11 tracks across a vinyl LP and 7Inch, Into the Blue was written by lead singer/guitarist Ritzy Bryan and her bandmates in North Wales and later completed at their homes in Utah. InchIt's about opening your eyes to beauty and love again,Inch the band notes. InchMaking it to the other side. Whilst not conceived as a metaphor for the times we all live in now, it certainly turned out that way.Inch Taking a cue from bands like Yeah Yeah Yeahs, My Bloody Valentine, and Arcade Fire, The Joy Formidable continue to push their expansive sound while always maintaining the hook-driven indie rock foundation they made their name on. Album Tracks 1. Into the Blue 2. Chimes 3. Sevier 4. Interval 5. Farrago 1. Bring It to the Front 2. Back to Nothing 3. Only Once 4. Left Too Soon

The forthcoming album InchMagnoliaInch is a concept album based on Lioba's time following the break up of her former indie band in 2019, escaping a way to Asia where she had time to breath and way up her life options and concluding to embark on a solo career.in 2021 Lioba released her first EP InchIntrospectionInch and then in retrospective begun work on her album based upon her journey to that point. If life is a movie then Mangolia would be Lioba's soundtrack for her live at that timeLioba set no limits for herself and her producer Nico Klaukien (Elevate Studios) when developing Magnolia. Their fateful meeting in Hamburg in May 2020 enabled them to create a songwriting and production process that could not have been more harmonious.A1. MagnoliaA2. SmileA3. At The PoolA4. AwakenedA5. 10 DaysA6. BasilB1. ShiversB2. I DON't DESERVE YOUB3. Go BackB4. WittinglyB5. Shades Of Blue Album Tracks 1. Magnolia 2. Smile 3. At the Pool 4. Awakened 5. 10 Days 6. Basil 7. Shivers 8. I Don't Deserve You 9. Go Back 10. Wittingly 11. Shades of Blue

Still / Form is a 3 piece band that emerged in the midst of the stagnation of 2020, as people shuttered themselves in and thought of ways to pass the time. Guitarist/vocalist Robert Comitz's previous band, Marriage + Cancer, had recently dissolved and he was thinking of what was to come next. After trading out some gear, messing around with new sounds and tones, and coming across bassist Kirk Evans (Dark Numbers) and drummer Ryan Losli (Almost Is Nothing/Ireshrine), Still / Form took shape. They spent the better part of a year crafting songs in Comitz's recording studio, which made it easy to demo material as it came together. As they got the songs to where they wanted them to be, Still/Form recorded an album's worth of material. By the summer of 2021, they came out of their recording cave and played their first show. Things started moving along quickly after that as the record went through several mixes, eventually being put into the capable hands of Scott Evans (Kowloon Walled City) to work his magic on it. The result is, InchFrom the Rot Is a Gift.Inch Retaining some of the disturbing and jarring guitar work reminiscent of Marriage + Cancer, but with a much more sludgy heft, Still / Form plods and trudges through a gauntlet of experimental sounds, driving bass, and sharp attack. Comitz' raspy vocals provide an unsettling disposition against the music that can't simply be categorized as 'metal', or 'noise rock', but certainly can be filed into much broader and less definable terms, such as 'weird' and 'heavy'. Hex Records will be releasing Still / Form's debut full length, and in the meantime the band will be out and about playing more shows. InchFrom the Rot Is a GiftInch comes on special clear yellow with black streaks vinyl that will not only appeal to ears but eyes as well.