The most wonderful day of the week is upon us again, and today we’ve got four undoubtedly killer albums to go through, covering a host of genres (and three artists who are going to be in Madison soon; in the case of METZ, very soon).
Cut Copy
Haiku From Zero (Astralwerks)
Australian electronic duo Cut Copy specializes in songs that are their own environment — genre-bending odysseys where you can really feel the music, maaaaaan. Haiku From Zero aims to continue the rise the group started with 2011’s Grammy-nominated Zonoscope. Their debut for EDM tastemaker Astralwerks, Haiku From Zero has the potential to be a career-definer for Cut Copy, who play the Majestic Theatre on Nov. 18.
METZ
Strange Peace (Sub Pop)
Lately, Canada has become a hotbed of noisy punk rock, and few exemplify the “noisy” aspect as much as METZ. They’re as productive as they are loud, too. Strange Peace is the Ottawa trio’s third album in five years, loaded with 11 tracks of blistering noise punk that will make you want to punch a hole in the wall. You can catch METZ live tomorrow night, Sept. 23, also at Majestic. Bring your best earplugs.
Noah Gundersen
White Noise (Cooking Vinyl)
He may only be 28, but Noah Gundersen has already released a lifetime’s worth of music in his career. He’s dropped 8 EPs and 3 LPs, either under his own name or with his two bands, The Courage and Young in the City. White Noise, the Seattle-based troubadour’s latest, is an exploration of emotional intensity. In an interview with Consequence of Sound, Gundersen described White Noise as “a place between waking and dreaming, where the edges blur and the light is strange.” And while I’m not quite sure what that means, you have to admit that it’s a pretty bad-ass concept for an album. Gundersen will be at High Noon Saloon on Oct. 12.
Circa Survive
The Amulet (Hopeless)
Okay, okay, I get it; this is probably a homer pick for me, the unrepentant emo kid. But in all fairness, Circa Survive is one of the most criminally underrated alt-rock bands of the past couple decades, marrying intricate and side-winding instrumentation to the piercing wail of frontman Anthony Green. And though they did release one of their six records to date via a major label (2010’s Blue Sky Noise on Atlantic), the band never hit quite the same way as contemporaries like Taking Back Sunday or My Chemical Romance. The Amulet, the band’s first release for heritage emo label Hopeless, sounds like it’s going to be taking Circa’s shape-shifting post-hardcore in a more moody, introspective direction.
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