“Standing on Stones” by Bramwell
Bramwell’s mix of UK guitar rock influences comes out here sounding like the Buzzcocks (must be the vocals?) but as a sugary sweet indie pop band. “Standing on Stones” and its equally lush flipside, “British Rails (Are Long and Fast),” make up a 7-inch released in June by Gob Nation.
“Butch Baby” by K,O. Queen
Boston transcore (#worldwide) band K.O. Queen make me feel like they’ve been reading my diary over my shoulder. Especially on “Butch Baby,” which equals She/Her/Hers’ “NVR Pass” when it comes to inspiring some much-needed radical self acceptance. Thanks! “Butch Baby” is off the Girls! Girls! Girls! cassette.
“Yoko” by Lemongrab
Per Bandcamp, Berlin band Lemongrab’s “Yoko” “cleverly decenters the male ego as the measure of experience with tongue-in-cheek lyrics and Delta 5-reminiscent grooves.” Influences beyond the song’s heroine and Delta 5 range from Pylon to Kleenex. Brilliant stuff.
“There is Only Hope in Action” by Oust
Netherlands-based hardcore band Oust unleash a trio of global rallying cries on their A Girl Can Dream 7-inch. Pulse-pounders “Idiots” and “Shoot a CEO” (three guesses as to which hunk gets a mention <3) appear on the flipside of this three minute stunner that puts fascism on blast because “we’re stubborn and we fight.”
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