caUSE co-MOTION!

Now defunct 4-piece from Brooklyn. Don't let the name fool you, these guys are sweet garage rock pioneers who sound like Times New Viking covering all their favourite Beach Boys songs. This is "It's Time!: Singles & EPs 2005-08" which is out on the awesome Slumberland Records. Hit it up if you're looking for some lo-fi summer lovin'.

P.S. Shoutout to the great Keyboards is Drunk for reppin me! Word bro, and hello to you if you're just joining us. Surf's up.

caUSE co-MOTION! - It's Time!: Singles & EPs 2005-08

King Of The Beach

WHOAAOAOAOAOAOA (yes it's the LP)

Wavves - King Of The Beach

Magic Kids

I'm spoiling you guys today. Now I only have one exam left, I can do this more often I guess. Keep an eye out for an upcoming mixtape, new Fair Ohs and Tijuana Panthers over the next few days.

Anyway, Magic Kids - some major new buzzband that's touring with Ariel Pink right now, and I'm not suprised, as they pretty much sound like a watered-down Ariel Pink with massive Beach Boys vibes. But this isn't a bad thing, as the end product is a total burst of sunshine and fun times. This is the soundtrack to that ideal, perfect breeze you get as you lay on your deckchair on Oahu. Bliss.

Magic Kids - Hey Boy 7"

Spectrals

50's whiney surf pop with a fresh coating of sunglazed shoegazey vibes, this time from the UK! This is perfect for those overly hot summer days where you're just sweating everywhere and don't wanna get out of bed. Just sit inside with the blinds drawn and listen to some Spectrals, and think to yourself, "life is sweet after all."

Here I've got the debut 7" as well as the 4-track EP cassette, plus one extra song that I have no idea about. It's tough being a blogger.

Spectrals - Spectrals 7"

Spectrals - 4-song EP + demos + whatever

You can also find two other songs from the Fair Ohs/Spectrals 7" I posted a while ago (just click the Fair Ohs tag in this post to easily find it). Full length "Bad Penny" "out soon" apparently!

Naomi Punk

Despite there being an overall 'style' in the garage rock genre there's been an emerging number of great new bands lately that have been shaking the scene up a bit, with psych-vibes and surf-riffs, and hazey moods and skuffed up basslines. Naomi Punk jump on the bandwagon too, sporting a distinct psyched-out, 'space rock' element in their traditional lo-fi garage punk roots. Think of them as Abe Vigoda making their way out of the blaring sunlight in the jungle and into a little run-down shack on the coast where the acoustics are really bad and thee's lots of echo.

Here's their debut. Put it on and give a shit about nothing.

Naomi Punk - S/T

Gun Outfit

I've been waiting so long to find this record! It's the new album by Boca Raton, Florida's scruffy lo-fi garage rockers Gun Outfit. I haven't actually listened to it yet,just wanted to immediately share it with ya'll! For those who heard the first record, expect more of the same: a distinctly garage sound, but with clear influences of shoegaze and dream pop that are oddly incredibly chilled, yet still manage to maintain enough hooks that leave you wanting more.

Gun Outfit - Possession Sound



P.S. A sweet mixtape is coming your way very soon.

UPSURFIN': Com Truise

I got this in my inbox today, and it's the best new music I've received in a while!

The label that's putting out their new EP 'Cyanide Sisters', AMDISCS, describes it as "feeling the sunshine of summer 1985" and I'd have to agree. This sounds like what was going on in Marty McFly's head as he was going back to the future - droney, hazey, and oddly catchy. Definitely check this out if you like bands such as Girls in the Eighties and Ducktails (however, instead of a tropical paradise, you're getting an 80s sci-fi movie videotape played backwards).

Com Truise - Cyanide Sisters

New Wavves

This sweet new jam from Wavves found it's way on to the internet yesterday yet promptly disappeared shortly after P4K announced his next single 'Post Acid' out June 9th on Mountain Dew. It's very punky, a lot cleaner and yet, so, so good. It's literally pouring out with beach/summer vibes. Get on this, I seriously think he might have potential for AOTY.

Wavves - King Of The Beach

Fungi Girls

The melodies these guys kick out are UNREAL. I think they sound a bit like The Thermals, minus the crisp production values and general pop sugar cleanliness. Songs about blue skies, the pacific and pyramids. General lo-fi skuzzy shenanigans of the rad kind. A bit late again on this one, but I'm on a kind of summer garage rock spree lately, just thought I'd share with ya'll.

Fungi Girls - Seafaring Pyramids

New Ty Segall

Since I'm really digging this dude lately here's some more huffed-up beach punk from the garage of noise pioneer Ty Segall - this is the new record 'Melted', I think it's pretty rad. Those who listened to the previous record know what to expect, newcomers haven't yet lived and are about to experience a divine intervention of the musical kind.

It's so hot, I'm gonna find some hazey music to post and fall asleep to.

Ty Segall - Melted