The Telescopes / A Place To Bury Strangers - Split [10"]

A nice 10" on white coloured vinyl, this split release by THE TELESCOPES and A PLACE TO BURY STRANGERS. It's number 6 in a series of splits on Fuzz Club. 1000 copies were made of this; 200 on orange and 800 on white, all numbered on the inlay. The Telescopes came up with a cover of the Iggy & The Stooges classic, I Wanna Be Your Dog. It's a lengthy version, and certainly a solid and noisy one, but still i'd prefer the original. Nothing beats Iggy, you know. APTBS provided a furious skull-crushing ice cold tune, called Down The Stairs. It's one of the best new songs i heard in years by them, actually. Their recent Transfixiation album wasn't bad at all, but this track is representing the APTBS sound i really like.

Label: Fuzz Club
Cat.nr.: none
Year of release: 2015

SIDE A:
01. THE TELESCOPES - I Wanna Be Your Dog

SIDE B:
01. A PLACE TO BURY STRANGERS - Down The Stairs

Cheatahs - 紫 (Murasaki) [12"]

Within reasonably short time, CHEATAHS has become one of my favourite bands. Their debut album is still spinning rounds on my record player quite often, and so is their previous Sunne EP. Last month 紫 came out (pronounced as "murasaki"), and on top of that i had the privilege to finally see them perform live. It was at the Best Kept Secret festival last weekend, and it was an amazing show. These guys produce such a glorious wall of sound. Made some pics; they can be found here. 
Back to this EP: it has 4 tracks, of which the title track is definitely my favourite. But also Wash Out is awesome. With the song 3D Milk they are pushing new boundaries, with a repetitive beat on the background. The first time i heard this song, i got flashbacks from when i first heard the last 3 songs of the latest MBV album. Progressive, definitely different than they've done before, but foremost and certainly: quality stuff. I like it when bands discover new grounds. 
The band's bass player Dean was kind enough to give me a setlist after the show and he told me that they hope to be back later this year for a club tour. Damn sure i will be there. A band like Cheatahs can be best seen in a small venue, and obviously they'll be playing a bit longer then as well. So i'll be keeping an eye on their concerts list, and i'd advise anybody else to do that as well. Cheatahs is a band to watch!

Label: Wichita 
Cat.nr.: WEBB438T
Year of release: 2015

SIDE A:
01. 紫 
02. Warm Palms

SIDE B:
01. 3D Milk
02. Wash Out

Flyying Colours - Roygbiv [12"]

Absolutely great to hear some new tunes by FLYYING COLOURS not too long after their debut EP saw the light of day. And to be honest i love this second EP even better than the first one. "Not Today" is actually one of my favourite songs of this year so far! I don't know how many times i've been playing the youtube video for it already, but since this ruby pink gem arrived today for me, i can finally spin it now on my record player as well. Yay! Only 300 were made of this colour on Club AC30, while another 300 on purple were released on Shelflife. ROYGBIV may sound like a funny word for non-native English speakers, but it stands for red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet - the colours of the rainbow. Yeah, i admit i had to look it up too ;)

Label: Club AC30 / Shelflife
Cat.nr.: AC30 12074 / LIFE126
Year of release: 2015

SIDE A:
01. I Don't Want To Let You Down
02. Running Late

SIDE B:
01. Not Today
02. In The End
03. Leaks