Label: Cozy M
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Album: The Italian Nightmare
Artist: makeupbreakup
Genre: Indie Rock, Pop, Electronic
What's summer without a little mellow punk to associate all those vacation memories with? Well no worries. It's here just in time to wrap up the sunny, or not-so-sunny in San Francisco, season. And it's got the feel of '80s punk mixed with psychedelic indie which sounds just as ridiculously good as you'd imagine. Although the album is titled The Italian Nightmare, it doesn't sound very Italian... or much like a nightmare. It actually sounds more like a dream of sand and surf where you have MGMT playing in one ear and Duran Duran playing in the other.
This is the sophomore LP of Makeupbreakup, hailing to us from the tiny state of Rhode Island. The album, however, is sure to have a big impact on the end of summer. Don't miss it!
Label: Q Division
Album: Zero/Don't Make Me Wait
Artist: Sea Monsters
Genre: Rock, R&B
Get ready to rock out with this Dave Matthews meets Zac Brown Band eight-person ensemble. Known around Boston for their audience-inclusive, anything-goes live performances, the Sea Monsters bring the same passion and high-energy to the recording studio with the release of singles "Zero" and "Don't Make Me Wait." Both songs are as full and funky as you'd expect and oozing with soul and rock n' roll. "Come on please, please tell the truth despite the devil inside you," sings Jesse Dee with deep, bluesy emotion on "Don't Make Me Wait." Even the lyrics are telling of the southern rock influences that are obvious upon listen.
Sea Monsters originally started out as a forum for fellow musicians to help develop each others' previous works, but their chemistry on stage made them an instant live-performing success. And alas the on-stage magic has been documented for our convenient listening pleasure.
Label: Anchor Brain
Album: Menarchy
Artist: Whore Paint
Genre: Experimental, Punk, Rock
Whore Paint's Menarchy can be otherwise summed up as a 2011 feminist manifesto. The combination of the words "men" and "anarchy," merged to form the album's title explains a lot about the album's content. It seems the three women of Whore Paint documented their audio musical conspiring of an uprising against a still patriarchal society and listeners have the benefit of eavesdropping. All their anger toward female oppression wells up into banging electric guitar riffs, the most racket you've ever heard on the drums and merciless vocal screams. They definitely succeed in making their voices heard because these girls are as loud as they come. Thus proving also that they can rock just as hard as the boys can.
