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Have You Ever Been So High It Feels Like You’re Wearing A Hat?

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Nice vibes :3

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Song of the Day: STREETWEAR - Lesser Care

Released: 2024

Genre(s): shoegaze, dream pop, post punk, goth

Origin: El Paso, Texas

Monthly listeners: 7k

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REVIEW(ed):

‘HEEL TURN’ is the long awaited & highly desired sophomore LP from LESSER CARE (@lessercare) & y'all can rest easy, the wait was well worth it as our boys done did it.

The El Paso-based duo, comprised of composer/lyricist/vocalist/guitarist Andres Chavez & drummer/percussionist/vocalist Zane Pacillas (w/ a special shoutout to bassist/guitarist Angel Yglecias) are the breath of fresh air that we’ve needed for some time & across a 12-track spread have further refined & mastered their brand of street_wearing, dream_gazing & Alt_rocking PostPunk. 

“God’s Favorite” sets the scene/vibe, letting you know, this isn’t the same ole stroll through the post-punk-park…

“Cry Orchid” is the first proper track & it puts Lesser Care’s confidence on full display by showcasing a softer side that brilliantly blends their brooding tendencies w/ a wash of dream_poppin textures while “Streetwear” brings those glammy gloomer goods & “Intuition” recalls the expert melancholic moodiness their big bros in Soft Kill have made a name from (those subtly massive drum fills tho).

“Candy” is all saccharine rush & ringing guitars (& more sick ass fills) while “Heavenly” finds the boys linking up w/ vocalist Haley Anne & stepping their game up to higher dreamPOP levels w/out dialing back any of the melancholy across 4 synth laden mins as “Even After Everything Changed (Feat: Tobias Grave)" brings a loaded 3:42 clip moodily lit & emotionally surged AltPop.

“Bubblegum Machine” ups the oomph across 3 mins of buzzsaw guitars & swinging beats while “Gloss” & “Something New” once again prove that our boys know their way around some atmospherically trapped SynthPop…. Which brings us to the one-two closing punch of “Finally Bare” & “Light Blue,” the former w/ its hard hitting swing (not to mention that final third guitar burst) & the latter’s bringing-it-all-home vibe as LC collect, disperse & hone in on all the sounds/vibes of the past 11 tracks while channeling them into a cohesively wrapped 5 min package.

‘Heel Turn’ is the sound of Lesser Care rising too the occasion & surpassing all our hope, desires & wishes… this is the sound of well heeled progress.

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IN A MINUTE:

A NEW MUSIC ROUND_UP…

@couch.slut are here w/ “THE DONKEY (ABRIDGED),” the second single from their forthcoming LP titled ‘You Could Do It Tonight’ (4/19 @brutalpandarecords) & it finds the NYC-based quintet of Dylan DiLella (guitar), Kevin Hall (bass/synth), Amy Mills (guitar/misc), Theo Nobel (drums/synth) & Megan Osztrosits (vocals) pig_fucking their way across 4 mins of visceral NoiseRawk.

“HORIZON LINE” is the final single in the run-up to @frailbodyil’s forthcoming LP titled ‘Artificial Bouquet’ (3/29 @deathwishinc) & it finds the Rockford-based trio of Lowell Shaffer (guitar/vox/keys), Nic Kuczynski (bass) & Nicholas Clemenson (drums) examining “a self-constructed pillar of shame” across 3 relentlessly lacerated mins.

“EVEN AFTER EVERYTHING CHANGED” is a choice cut from @lessercare’s highly anticipated forthcoming LP titled ‘Heel Turn’ (3/22) & it finds the EPTX-based duo of composer/lyricist/vocalist/guitarist Andres Chavez & drummer/percussionist/vocalist Zane Pacillas (w/ a special shoutout to bassist/guitarist Angel Yglecias) linking up w/ @softkillpdx’s Tobias Grave to bring a loaded 3:42 clip moodily lit, emotionally surged & Alt_rawking DreamPop.

“JSUK” is the lead single from @saturnalias6669’s forthcoming LP titled ‘Bugfest’ (5/10 @candlepin_records) & it finds Alex Tung’s Raleigh/Durham-based sonic art project bringing the explosively lo-fi goods across 4 blown out mins of dreamy AltGaze.

@so_totally are here w/ “DOZ ROSES,” the second single from their forthcoming LP titled ‘Double Your Relaxation’ (5/17 @tinyengines) & it finds the Philly-based quartet bringing their grunge_wedding vibes across a sub-4 min slice of six-string swirling & psych_poppin DreamGaze.

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Lesser Care - CANDY