Dälek–Asphalt for Eden
Genre: Alternative Hip Hop, Rap, Experimental, Industrial, Shoegazing
FFO: Cannibal Ox, Clouddead
Profound Lore is typically known for being a reliable label in the realm of modern metal. My attention was raised when I saw they released a hip hop record this week so I knew I had to give it a listen.
Asphalt for Eden is the sixth LP from New Jersey experimental hip hop trio and combines politically laced poetry with unique production doused in industrial and shoegazing influences.
False Gods–Wasteland EP
Genre: Sludge Metal, Hardcore Punk, Stoner Rock
FFO: Black Tusk, The Sword, Entombed
False Gods is a brand new sludge metal act based out of New York. The quartet introduces what they’ve got to the worldwide headbanging community with their debut EP.
Wasteland combines the crushing heaviness of the signature sludge sound whilst adding a hardcore punk twist keeping listeners on their toes. Keep your ear to the ground with these guys.
Greys–Outer Heaven
Genre: Indie Rock, Punk Rock, Noise Rock, Post Hardcore, Emo
FFO: Wavves, Weezer, Solids
Canadian indie rockers Greys live up to their name via their sophomore proving they cannot be pigeonholed. Outer Heaven is a collection OF fun, catchy, loud, punk rock anthems that you will spend the entirety of your summer rocking out to.
October Tide–Winged Waltz
Genre: Death Metal, Doom Metal, Melodic Death Metal
FFO: Paradise Lost (early), Becoming the Archetype, In Flames (early), Katontonia
Swedish Death Metal act October Tide returns with their fifth LP titled Winged Waltz. The ex-Katatonia member-comprised group delivers a solid, doom-infused Death Metal record brimming with melody and technicality.
Reptilian-“Perennial Void Traverse”
Genre: Death Metal, Thrash Metal, Doom Metal
FFO: Disembowlment, Obituary, Entombed
Norwegian death metal quartet Reptilian storm the scene with Perennial Void Traverse. The group’s debut LP blends the highlight aspects of the various more agressive subdivisons of Metal induding crushing sludge and lightning-paced thrash.
Sorority Noise–It Kindly Stopped for Me
Genre: Indie, Folk, Ambient
FFO: Bon Iver, Fleet Foxes, Kyson
Let’s hope that hope that the pop punk sensibilities of Sorority Noise have kindly stopped for them. I don’t mean to be a critical elitist and one of the primary objectives of The LookOut is try to avoid projecting any sort of negativity on hard working band’s art and simply promote the positives. However, the whole “quirky-pop punk- infused-folk-rock-Jeff Magnum-worshipping” stylings of Front Bottoms and Modern Baseball leave a fowl taste in my mouth. Sorority Noise was without a doubt lumped into that category with their debut Joy, Departed and luckily this brief EP shows the band experimenting with more ambient, mature, folk.
The connecticut indie rock band’s four song collection is a more laid back experience focusing on their folk aspects and abadoning their pop punk tendencies altogether. Hopefully they will expand upon this sound with future offerings. This side of the group shows a more textured style of songwriting and a potentially brighter path ahead.
Wire–Nocturnal Koreans
Genre: Post Punk, Art Punk, Alternative Punk
FFO: Joy Divison, Interpol, Ceremony (later)
British post punk legends Wire return this week with their 15th studio album Nocturnal Koreans. Known for their staple album Pink Flag (1977), the group still manages to sound as youthful and modernized as ever allowing their sound to grow and expand with the times whilst staying true to their core sound. Nocturnal Koreans proves moreso than ever that Wire has aged quite well.