Eventually this list is really going to be insane. But for now it’s manageable. Mostly. And we know we have control over it but something just clicks when the number of titles in the list is the same as the year, ya know? But anyway! We start a draft of this list essentially the moment we start getting promos for the next year… Actually, scratch that. The moment we get a promo that really resonates so by the end of the year, if the music world is doing its’ job then our list is pretty long which makes our job even harder and 2023 was no different.
[Read more…]A Cause In Distress Merge Punk Sensibilities With An Indie Aesthetic For Radiant Electro-Fused In Search Of Spring
Here’s another example of a debut record where we’ve covered a LOT of what’s come before and with that comes the fear that when it all comes together, the results might sound stale. While that could be the case with many a young outfit, A Cause In Distress is simply on another level when it comes to the strength of the songwriting, the songs themselves, and their overall sound making said previously released songs these sort of anchors to balance it all throughout the sonic fabric woven within debut full-length In Search Of Spring.
[Read more…]Incoming! 23 for ’23: The Rock And Roll Fables Guide To The Greatest The Next Year Has To Offer… As Of Right Now
Here we go again! Part wishful thinking, part playing detective while piecing together social media updates, and part actual facts! We could only be talking about our latest crystal ball viewing as we look to the year 2023 and hope for the best that those “confirmed” releases actually come out and that maybe our thoughts and prayers are answered when it comes to those with less concrete plans as of this posting. Join us, won’t you?
[Read more…]Singles! A Cause In Distress, “Submission”
Oh, wow! As if anyone needed more of a reason to go gaga for A Cause In Distress! The band you love to love is back with their most righteously robust track to date with “Submission” which lands on March 25th through Cool Thing Records.
[Read more…]22 in ’22: Rock And Roll Fables’ Guide To What To Get An Earful Of In The New Year
I don’t why I thought it’d be a good idea to do both an end of the year list and preview list reflecting the year they’re happening in….but here we are. Our list of twenty one albums and change has already posted (Which you can read here) so now it’s time to close the book on 2021 and look to the future with 22 albums we think will make this year sound even better than the last…and change.
[Read more…]Singles! A Cause In Distress, “Paraffin”
There’s only a handful of artists around nowadays who can release a new single that you just know will deliver without hearing a single note and, I’m sure we’ve said this before about them but, A Cause In Distress is one of those rarities who also hearken back to a time when new music drops were rightly cherished and celebrated.
[Read more…]Singles! A Cause In Distress, “Modern Commerce”
As a primer to prepare to sit down and listen to the latest single from A Cause In Distress I took it upon myself to listen to their previous one, “Lumbering”, over and over. And over and over again. And over some more (Okay, like five times in a row tops). You know, for research. And also because that debut single from the Southend trio is still so effing good (Read our review here). So, you can guess where the expectations are for “Modern Commerce”, yeah?
[Read more…]Singles! A Cause In Distress, “Lumbering”
“The three-headed lovechild of Nine Inch Nails, Fugazi & Radiohead, if it was fathered by David Lynch.”
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