Band: Soft Kill Release: Metta World Peace Genre: Post-Punk Country: USA Release Date: 5th of June, 2023 Released via Cercle Social Records Cover Artwork Cercle Social Records Roughly a year after the stylistic departure that was Canary yellow Soft Kill are back with Metta world peace. Being slightly bitter about outcome of that said album, Tobias Grave took matters into his hands and produced the album by himself during a move with the help of some creative friends. The result is an album, that takes past releases, especially the demo-albums Premium drifter and Not quite Dra ..read more

Band: Soft Kill Album: Dead Kids, R.I.P. City Genre: Shoegaze, Alternative, Post-Punk Country: USA Release Date: 20th of November, 2020 Released via: Cercle Social Records Cover Artwork: © Cercle Social Records, 2020 Time has always been a crucial subject to mankind. The fleeting of time, the wasting of time or to exist in the wrong time. Soft Kill fall into the later one. They sound like the perfect opener for The Cure around the mid-80s. I first “met” Soft Kill on their split with Portrayal of Guilt. I was instantly hooked: those melodies, the echoing vocals and the all o ..read more

Band: LANDLORDS Release: Codeine Genre: Shoegaze, Post-Punk Country: New Zealand Release Date: 26th of August, 2022 Released via Church Road Records Cover Artwork Church Road Records Summer is here. The asphalt is burning, shadows are your best friends and you need a musical companion for this time to keep your mind hydrated. Welcome New Zealand’s LANDLORDS. Two years after their self-titled debut-EP, Codeine is here to bring their brand of Post-Punk meets Shoegaze upon the world. LANDLORDS play slow, heavy Shoegaze with an almost dreamy atmosphere. The opener “Perfect Life ..read more

Bands: Soft Kill, Choir Boy, Ghum, Korine Date: 14th of June, 2022 Location: Die Trompete, Bochum Promoter: Shogun Konzerte, MAD Tour booking, ATC Soft Kill visited the Trompete last time in 2017. It was the first place they played in Germany so we were ready for a warm welcome back. Along with them came this time Choir Boy, Ghum and Korine. Korine just released their Audiotree-Session in 2022 and opened this evening. Judging from the reaction a significant part was already familiar with their material. Songs like “Cruel” or “Cast” were Korine are a Indie-Post-Punk-Elect ..read more

Once in a while you stumble upon combinations and think “Why haven’t I heard this more often?” Strega Nona combine Black-Metal and Post-Rock with female vocals. Mirrored Pink is a dreamy, black piece of music will please your ears with its melodies and lift your spirits with its soaring guitars and blast-beats. Band: Strega Nona Album: Mirrored Pink Genre: Black-Metal / Post-Rock Country: USA Release Date: 02nd of October, 2020 Released via Self-released Cover Artwork © Self-released, 2020 Mirrored Pink by Strega Nona Belgium is at it again. One can only wonder, why so man ..read more