Notches has become one of the most consistent bands in pop-punk DIY at large. They create indelible pop songs that gnaw at you in the best ways possible. Their latest, New Kind of Love is no different. The band’s own Ezra Cohen and Zac Mayeux, the two respective songwriters, spoke about songs that influenced the record and their songwriting as a whole.
Following Ganser’s 2018 debut record, we are pleased to premiere their follow up EP You Must Be New Here.The title for the EP is apt, as the listener moves across the various different versions of what a Ganser song can be. It’s a teaser, giving new listeners a taste in a digestible fifteen minutes.
Cloud Rat, after 10 years, still finds ways to make music that is instant and familiar. If you were to listen to their S/T record in 2010 and then to Polinator, it wouldn’t feel too dissimilar. There is still that chugging low end guitar sludge, barreling up against frantic drums that anyone would call grindcore.
