This is the first of two Gross Relations-based posts that we will give you over the weekend. It wasn't long ago that the Brooklyn outfit brought out their Come Clean 12" (on Raven Sings The Blues Records), so its exciting to hear that their debut LP isn't fair away. In the meantime, quit biting your fingernails and lose your mind to the below single, it's a good 'un. You can also buy it in vinyl format here.
Ah, not long now til its holiday time for me. Two weeks of doing sweet f-all - other than more of this, and finishing up my novel. And seeing Sebadoh. And drinking with Akron/Family as Ill be their gracious host. And seeing Moon Duo. And watching Breaking Bad. And eating awesome breakfasts. And playing "old" Xbox games. And buying a suit. And buying a bed base and a chest of drawers - cos living like a smack addict, whilst having many perks, is getting a bit old... I guess I wont be relaxing too much then. But it will be 14 days of boozy malaise, so cant complain really...
Which is why Im starting off today's Video Vacuum with those crazy Sacramento kids Trash Talk and their video for 'Awake', off their new EP out next month through True Panther Records. Its typically balltearingly awesome...
We posted 'Blame The Records' earlier in the year, and now Brooklyn upstarts Gross Relations have just launched an EP, Come Clean. Its a fuzzy dream of garage pop, the hooks deceptively hidden yet razor sharp. This is the video for the eponymous track. Suffice to say, it's bloody good.
Now, I thought about putting this video first. Not necessarily because the song is better than the others on display here - all tracks here are worthy. But this video for Youth Lagoon's 'Montana' (as done by Tyler T Williams) is fucking fantastic. Youth Lagoon is actually one hell of an exciting artist, and his forthcoming LP The Age Of Hibernation (out Sept 27 through Fat Possum) promises to be something special.
Finally we have San Franciscans Thralls, whose 'Fogger' single follows up their nice Pomegranates 7" from earlier this year. It shows a nice natural progression for the band, and is a languid way out into the ether.
I heard Brooklyn band Gross Relations a couple of months ago when they released the track 'Blame The Record', a punchy, yet drawly number that is lovingly entrenched in the garage - with organ! I love it when the organ is whipped out. Since then they have released two more singles on Bandcamp, which I have also included below. They played a show on the weekend with Shark?, another Brooklyn-based band that we have recently taken an interest in, so I think we are on the money in saying that these fun acts a re stirring the pot in NYC.
