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Publish-hardcore suffered an unimaginable loss with the passing of Pitchfork/Drive Like Jehu/Sizzling Snakes shaman Rick Froberg, however the scene is arguably stronger than ever.

Exhibit A is Strangelight. The Bay Space quartet, that includes members of Kowloon Walled Metropolis and Transistor Transistor, solely want two minutes to flex their angular, brash, feverish skronk with “Energy, Hire, Management,” one in all two tracks that Rome-plow proper over you on the upcoming 7-inch Energy, Hire, Management b/w A Three Day Weekend.

Right here is guitarist/vocalist Nat Coghlin laying out the small print:

Our authentic plan was to report these two songs after we head into the studio later this yr to report our subsequent LP, however we’re impatient and the world may finish earlier than that occurs. So, we discovered a Monday afternoon after we may crank these two rippers out. We recorded dwell, no room for fixing errors, so we left all of them in.

“Energy, Hire, Management” is from a batch of 4 songs Julia [Lancer, drums] and I wrote years in the past. Two of them made it on the Grownup Themes LP and there’s a fourth that neither of us can keep in mind how one can play, and we’re executed dwelling prior to now anyway. As per ordinary Ian [Miller, bass] and Tony [Teixeira, guitar] made the tune 100 occasions higher, and contemplating that it was already a 100% good tune, it now rips 10,000%.

As a result of we couldn’t have two out of two songs be about housing prices, “A Three Day Weekend” is about, nicely, wanting a 3 day weekend. Strangelight doesn’t use metaphors, we aren’t cowards. It’s additionally about hating sensible home equipment. If it’s not essentially the most relatable tune of 2023, I’ll eat my hat. Thankfully, I put on a small edible hat, so I’m not fearful both approach.

One factor Coghlin didn’t point out is that the report has a type of huge fucking spindle holes so hope there’s room in your native diner’s jukebox.

The 7″ drops on September 21 and you may preorder it right here. Hearken to “Energy, Hire, Management” beneath: