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2/10: some fear 2/6: Dark Star 2/3: John Calvin 1/30: Timbeau 1/27: bios+a+ic 1/23: Morlocks 1/20: Kevin Kastning|Carl Clements|Soheil Peyghambari 1/16: Megaton Communion 1/13: LEIBA Trio 1/9: Infinite Cousins
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2/10/25: Day to day If you're wondering what the young freaks in OKC are doing these days, come on in. Spinning a psychedelic sheen on old-school minimalist emo (think Mineral), some fear takes that sparsely-populated punk sound and takes it nominally into shoegaze territory.
I detect the slightest nod to Beck as well. This isn't hipster stuff, and it's hardly catchy, but there is a certain shorthand to the rhythms that grabs my ear. More interestingly, some fear tends to run screaming from whatever groove it establishes (oh, so Mineral . . .). But there are the occasional anthemic squalls and some lovely noise in general. A nice update on a sound that does seem to be coming back around. I saw a kid in a (new) Mineral t-shirt last month, which surprised me much more than the Snapcase shirts that are everywhere. I guess anyone can foster a trend. This much I know: some fear will never be a trend. But these tight songs loosely wound are truly spectacular. Music for lying down on the yellow stripe of a highway in the middle of the day.
Yes, I finally put together my best of 2024 list. Once again, I caution that this is just songs, and not necessarily my favorite albums. I'm down to only 6 languages in my final top 25; I'll try to do better next year. Cheers! |