Public Eye - Mood Change Party CS (2016)

Public Eye is what happens when members of PDX’s Autistic Youth switch instruments and decide to start a new band and play something entirely different and that is a stripped down, straight forward and repetitive post-punk.

This tape, even thought is a demo, do not sound like a demo at all. On the contrary, it fucking slays! Public Eye combines powerful and melodic songwriting with laser sharp technical precision, indie rock sensibilities and guitar-driven poppiness of 80's new wave and post-punk.

For fans of early Rought Trade catalogue, Fugazi, Wire, Spacemen 3, Institute, Ceremony, Parquet Courts etc.

Buy the tape from Sabotage Records here.
Listen to new song from upcoming LP here.

DL

M.

Wounds - MMXIV CS [2014]

New Portland based band featuring Red Dons, Autistic Youth and Defect Defect members. This is more stripped down, direct and snotty then all the bands they played in. Cool stuff.

Buy the tape here.

DL

M.

Haute Couture - Demo 7" [2012]

USHC worship featuring Autistic Youth (PDX) drummer and Youth Avoiders guitarist Maxime. Somehow this slipped under my radar but this is some pretty good slab of retro hardcore. The 6-song demo was recorded while AY drummer was living in the France and eventually Shogun put this one out.

MF

M.

Acid Wash - Demo CS [2013]

Many of you who read TL frequently will be interested in this but probably never heard of this project. Acid Wash is a new band consisting of Bi-Marks and Autistic Youth members and they are all about 70's and psychedelic hard rock tunes.

You can buy tape from Taken By Surprise Records.

MF

M.

Cola Freaks Singles

Influenced by new wave and post-punk, these danish guys know how to write catchy punk songs and they play them with hardcore attitude. Cola Freaks members were in Jay Reatard's last live line-up and did a european tour with him and you know that Reatard would not play with just anyone. Cola Freaks are one of the best new bands from Denmark and all of their four singles are just great and i hope they'll release a full lenght record sometime soon. All singles are still available from below mentioned labels. 

MYSPACE

Selftitled 7" - Buy it from Hjernespind
Ingenting Set 7" - Buy it from Hjernespind
Dodt Batteri 7" - Buy it from Local Cross
split 7" with Autistic Youth - buy it from Taken by Surprise

M.

Defect Defect - Defect Defect [2010]

New record from members and ex-members of The Observers and Autistic Youth so you know exactly what to expect from these guys and that is melody driven hardcore punk impregnated with grime and dark vibe. I like this way more than the first two singles. USA release out on Residue Records and Euro release out on Thrashbastard \ Taken By Surprise from Germany so be sure to support the band and labels involved and get yourself a piece of plastic from them. 

MYSPACE

MF

M.