Post-Trash caught up with Satomi Matsuzaki to discuss the process of recording while the world was social distancing, her favorite tracks off Actually, You Can, and how the band is weighing touring concerns ahead of a live set taping at Ed Rodriguez’s house that will air on December 12th via Bandcamp.
Take two men named John, a drum kit and a guitar and you’ve got the makings of a powerful, noisy new record, Nocturnal Manoeuvres. The eponymous JOHN hail from the UK and have channeled a brooding and primal sound on their third full-length album. Like the title suggests, the vibe is dark throughout the album’s ten tracks.
New Orleans art punks Special Interest dropped their second album The Passion Of at a time when many needed a soundtrack to their suddenly very dystopian lives. In June 2020, there was civil unrest peaking around the deaths of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor at the hands of police -- in the midst of a pandemic.
