Vial - Grow Up - VINYL LP

Equal parts melancholy and glitter, Chateau Chateau is an evolving community of musicians from Tuscon, Arizona making cathartic indie pop for weirdos, outcasts, queer folks, and anyone else who needs it. Formed in 2018, the band is led by Bleu and Alex, a DIY-minded duo who transform things that are Inchtraditionally ugly, abstract, and leftoverInch into new shiny and special forms. Although their songs explore dark subjects like mental illness, addiction, and trauma, Chateau Chateau channel their anguish into upbeat, danceable tracks packed with grim humor and messages of resilience.Grow Up, the band's debut for Kill Rock Stars, tells the Inchcoming of age storyInch of frontperson Bleu, who dedicates each song to different toxic relationships throughout her life and how she found herself growing up through each experience. On the raucous lead single InchI Don't Love You Anymore,Inch she takes a stand against her abusive father with acerbic lines of indifference, while the galavanting song InchConverted,Inch they poke fun at a narcissistic ex who once saw Bleu as his Inchtoken fantasy.InchAlthough their lyrics can be brutal in their emotional honesty, Chateau Chateau imbue their tales with a tongue-in-cheek playfulness and end each song with tenacious declarations that they will overcome any obstacle. InchI'll prove you wrong, just let me interrupt,Inch Bleu sings on the fiery track InchPush Your Luck.Inch As a result, Grow Up is a rebellious statement of self-determination that delves into everything from '80s-inspired synth-pop and post-punk to dance music.BunnyI Don't Love You AnymoreThat's my KinkPrayWinter's GoldUglyHeroinHide & SeekKeep it TogetherConvertedPush Your LuckVoices CarryRegression

Embracing thetheme that age is a challenging force, but ultimately positive sonically the band have written something light and catchy that reinforces their pop sensibilities but ambitiously builds on the lyrical word-play, intertwining guitars and off kilter time signatures of their debut. Drawing on a much wider range of influences than the last record, from The Breeders through to The Cars, the band have been more playful in their compositions; still referencing their 90's influenced roots but reaching wider to create something unmistakably classic sounding but irresistibly modern01. My Friends02. Labour Like I Do03. One at a Time04. Team Spirit05. But It All Looks the Same06. Heated07. Motivates Me08. Even Fiction09. Cathy10. Here in the Dirt

Via were a late-1980s postpunk band formed in Boston by Thalia Zedek (Come, Uzi) and Jerry di Rienzo (Cell, Nuclear Theater), with James Apt (Six Finger Satellite), Adam Gaynor (Nuclear Theater) and Phil Milstein. The stuff of indie rock legend, the band recorded a handful of songs and played two blistering shows before splintering, the band members going their own ways, with Zedek and diRienzo forming the legendary Come and Cell. This archival project presents a recently-unearthed collection of six songs recorded in a basement studio in 1987. The only recorded output from the band, listening is like opening a time capsule, fresh songs from indie rock legends just beginning to discover themselves. Liner notes by Chris Brokaw (Come, Codeine), who says InchThe music bears some cosmetic resemblances to Sonic Youth, but the songs were way more raw, primal, seething, coiled - inexorable. I still can't get over it.Inch