Loose Tooth - Garlic Soup

remain totally in control of the things you spew
releasing totally unconsciously
feel the shame you spew

recently i swam in a river
made of my own waste
i saved it for just this occasion

i was sent to relay the message
allow me to repeat
i was sent to relay the message
and the message is this
i was to relay this message
allow me to repeat

Loose Tooth is a garage outfit from Philly, and their latest release Big Day is a lot of fun. It's catchy in a bit of a challenging way that's really satisfying. They remind me a lot of early Built To Spill, and I think that's saying something--There's Nothing Wrong with Love is one of my all-time favorite albums. It was a bit hard to choose a song to share with y'all, so check out "Garlic Soup" and if you like it, give the full album a spin.

RIYL: Car Seat Headrest, Built To Spill, Pile, Two Inch Astronaut

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Junior Astronomers - That's Why

I found no meaning listening to these fools
All this work just gonna make me dull
That's why
Wasting my time
Listening to Amy
At least she's right

The first time I heard "That's Why" by Junior Astronomers I thought it was a track from an old Cribs album. Seriously. So it was a bit of a surprise to find out that it's a new track from a band from North Carolina. They've got a few EPs, a few singles, and a previous record, 2013's Dead Nostalgia, which is quite good. Lots of raw, old-timey (heh) indie rock edge whilst still being abundantly approachable. It's good stuff. I'm looking forward to hearing a bit more from them when their new album drops later on this spring.

RIYL: The Cribs, Manchester Orchestra, Cloud Nothings, The Libertines

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Palma Violets - Best of Friends

Out she's later in the distance, shouting out a warn
Out she ran too persistent, whoa, our mind is so absurd
Whoa love, whoa love
Jumping jolly to the end, I wanna be your friend
I wanna be your best friend
Don't want you to be my girl
I wanna be your best friend
Don't want you to be my
I don't want you to be my

I saw Palma Violets a couple of years back at SXSW and became best of friends with their gritty, British garage rock sound. "Best of Friends", today's Most Important, made some significant waves when it came out, and they've had a few solid follow-ups. 2015's Danger In The Club is a terrific album and single. I'm not sure what they're up to now, but my hope that we'll hear more from them soon.

RIYL: The Jam, Parquet Courts, The Cribs, The Rakes

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LVL UP - Hidden Driver

She broke right through the mess he made
Shoved an apple in his face
And impaled him with a long and gnarly stake
And I give thanks for it everyday
But I still think of god in the same way:
As the moment in my dreams
When I'm fading away
And what takes my place
Is a radial gradient of cops and priests
And mounting things
Fucking everything
Making rules for a body within me

The first time I heard New York garage outfit LVL UP I was reminded of the first time I heard Built To Spill. I mean the old, kind of rough-but-awesome stuff, not the more polished (still awesome) less-old stuff. "Hidden Driver" is the kind of song, like Built To Spill's "Car" that catches you a bit unaware each time you hear it, exciting you as it worms its way in through your ears. Their latest release, Return To Love, is an intelligent, complicated fuzzy, lo-fi treat. Check it out.

RIYL: Built To Spill, Cayetana, Porches, Car Seat Headrest

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