Category: Post Punk

Giglinger – Shrapnel

Shrapnel is the new EP from punk / post-punk band, Giglinger from Helsinki Finland. Two tracks and two alternate “Edit” versions of the same tracks offer up some solid atypical rock and roll. 

The songs are quick, fairly rapidly paced and rhythmically tight. The tunes are washed in shifting sonic themes. Despite the overall brevity of the tracks, they seem somehow more epic than the numbers would have you believe. At times the overall sound is reminiscent of Dead Kennedys, and the EP really carries some of the post-apocalyptic soundscape of a Voivod release. 

If you’re looking for a little something new, check out Giglinger’s new EP – Shrapnel

Cheers!
Jerry Actually

Track 1: The Man With Shrapnel in His Head
Track 2: Born Dead Buried Alive

Mantarochen – In The Badgers Cave

I’ve been listening to “In The Badger’s Cave”, the new EP from Leipzig’s Mantarochen for a few days now, and honestly, I can’t get enough. I don’t know if it’s my particular frame of mind at the moment or my tastes shifting, but this is really hitting a sweet spot.

The sound is Post Punk / Cold Wave, blending genres handily. It’s as easy to draw Siouxsie comparisons, as it is Bauhaus and Berlin. There’s a decidedly 80s vibe to the entire thing and as much as I’m a sucker for nostalgia, this EP stands on its own in a new era. 

Industrial noise and low-fi synth oscillations and arpeggios punctuate underwater guitar and pulsing bass. Lilting dreamy vocals flit in and out between the ever-so-slightly dissonant melody. 

The new EP is out on May 31, 2024 on It’s Eleven Records. Please check it out.

While you wait for the EP, checkout this video for Grey:

Cheers!

Jerry Actually

Tracks:
1. Reflection
2. I’m Sand
3. Jaguar
4. Grey
5. Blue Heads
6. Still Black

Mantarochen:
Diana – Synth, Vocals
Sebi – Guitar
Tom – Bass