Another great Australian export, here from known entities. Brendan Huntley is instantly recognizable as the mouthpiece for mid-tempo punk heroes EDDY CURRENT SUPPRESSION RING. The other vocalist Steph Hughes plays in DICK DIVER. Jangle pop/power pop is the template here and as we could expect from the pedigree, this band surely knows what they are doing. And they sound great doing it. BOOMGATES hail from Melbourne and have 7″s out on R.I.P Society and Smartguy Records. A new full length DOUBLE NATURAL is out on BEDROOM SUCK(what a lovely label) now? Soon? Find out on your own time. Take in a track from the record below. There you are.
“DSM” showcases the many individual styles of Brockton’s Van Buren Records
It has been a fruitful 18 months for the Brockton super-collective Van Buren Records. Their two 2021 records, Bad For Press and Black Wall…