Best New Releases, June 27: Greet Death, Deadguy, and more

Before we head into a week shortened by a holiday weekend, the release calendar stacks up with mostly under-the-radar gems. And what gems they are: The long-awaited return of versatile shoegazers Greet Death (which we made our Album of the Week), the even longer awaited return of metalcore bruisers Deadguy, plus electro pop, darkwave, and more. Queue up this week’s Best New Releases.

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Greet Death – Die In Love

Six years after 2019’s New Hell, Michigan’s Greet Death have returned with a stunning new blend of shoegaze, post-punk, slowcore and various other forms of beautiful melancholy on Die In Love. It’s our Album of the Week, and in our review, Elliot Burr said, “It’s great to hear them reach happier climes, even more so through such a gigantic sound.” Phenomenal stuff. – Jeff Terich

Listen/Buy: Bandcamp | Amazon (vinyl)

Deadguy – Near-Death Travel Services

Like an old codger barely able to stop himself from peeing his shorts before reaching the trough in a bar, lead vocalist Tim “Swinger” Singer similarly approaches the first song on Deadguy with equal amounts of giddiness and sheer terror. As he and his band of heathens are ready to release their second album ever and first in 30 years, the Big Question looms: Will Deadguy still sound, feel and seem as relevant and refreshed as they used to? Would Singer be able to invoke, once again, the discomfiting ingredients in his band’s strange brew—and belch them out with a roar into a Lovecraftian maw? Of course he can. And of course, he does. The moment that first song “Kill Fee” begins, so does Singer’s scowl come to life. Rather than replicate the early sound of their ’90s-era triumph, Fixation on a Co-Worker, the band opts for hooks, guitar texture and a throwback production sound that digs deep. – Kurt Orzeck

Listen/Buy: Bandcamp | Rough Trade (vinyl)

Tortoise – Oganesson Remixes

It’s hard to fathom nearly a decade has whizzed by since post-rock icons Tortoise dropped their last album, the super-underrated The Catastrophist. That doesn’t mean Tortoise’s members haven’t kept busy in the interim, as myriad rad side-projects like Sons Of, A Grape Dope and Basic attest plus Jeff Parker is on a whole other level. But there’s nothing like the twin drummer-fueled electro-jazz rhythm and grooves machine that the Chicago/L.A. pioneers began perfecting some 30 years ago. Now diehards can bask in the glory that a return is imminent. Tortoise summer first kicked off with new single “Oganesson,” an instant classic rife with all of the band’s heady hallmarks. The buzz continues here with Oganesson Remixes, an EP made up of brain-frying reworkings courtesy of a disparate all-star cast including, Saul Williams, Heba Kadry, Patrick Carney of the Black Keys, Broken Social Scene and Makaya McCraven. Oganesson Remixes is a must-have teaser for the main event arriving later in the year: a brand new full-length and Tortoise’s debut for the International Anthem/Nonesuch label after their departure from longtime home Thrill Jockey. – Brad Cohan

Listen/Buy: Bandcamp | Rough Trade (vinyl)

Gelli Haha – Switcheroo

Goddamn, this album is fun! The debut album by L.A. artist Gelli Haha is dance pop of the highest order, intertwining everything from electroclash sass to disco glamour and a little influence from Nigerian boogie to boot. There’s a sense of over-the-top absurdity and colorful surrealism to the music she makes, but the hooks and big flashy synths more than speak for themselves. It’s the kind of dance party you never want to leave, no matter how bizarre it gets as the night progresses. – Jeff Terich

Listen/Buy: Bandcamp | Amazon (vinyl)

Mareux – Nonstop Romance

Mareux landed a spot on the 2023 Coachella bill before he even had an album under his belt, entirely off the success of his darkwave cover of The Cure’s “The Perfect Girl.” You’ve definitely heard it before. Three years ago, it had over 2.3 billion plays on TikTok. He’s now set to release his second LP, Nonstop Romance, and wade deeper into gothic synth pop. The single “Ébène Fumé” is a send-up to the eye-liner-sporting 80s, in large part thanks to Riki’s featured vocals, while “Laugh Now Cry Later” is for dingy bars where the patrons are just as sullen as they are horny. Nonstop Romance is less an overhaul of the template he used on “The Perfect Girl” and more a sign that he’s strengthening his grip on goth, in all its flavors. – Colin Dempsey

Listen/Buy: Spotify | Rough Trade (vinyl)

Smut – Tomorrow Comes Crashing

More aggressive than indie rock, but too entrenched in the endearing melodies of the ’90s to be punk, the Cincinnati band’s new album might be best thought of as post-grunge, as vocalist Taylor Roebuck is not afraid to tighten her voice into a scream and bring the angst. The entire band is capable of packing a sonic punch, for that matter. Most of the songs bounce in a way that takes you back to the summer of 1994, when things were less bleak and with the bright flash of MTV playing in the background. This album captures all those feelings and puts them to music in this collection of catchy songs. – Wil Lewellyn

Listen/Buy: Bandcamp | Rough Trade (vinyl)

We Contain Multitudes – Minako

Jon Fine is not only a guitar shredding OG but a criminally underappreciated one to boot. In the 1980s, Fine began his post-hardcore sonic assault in the legendary Bitch Magnet, trudged on in noise-rock outfit Vineland in the ’90s then freaked out on mathy punk-jazz during the aughts in Coptic Light. A decade ago, he recounted his indie rock life in his must-read memoir Your Band Sucks then wasn’t heard from much since. Until now. Fine has finally resurfaced not only with his guitar jacked to 10 but he’s reunited with Bitch Magnet monster drummer Orestes Morfín. Count in bassist Simon Kobayashi (of smallgang and Hurtling) and We Contain Multitudes was hatched, ready to unleash their instru-metal brand of monumental riff-rock. Minako is the power psych trio’s head banging debut and it might just be the heaviest and guitar heroics-filled record you’re going to hear this year. Fine, Morfín and Kobayashi go full-tilt on Minako, locking in on Krautrock grooves and dancy pulsations and unleashing sludgy metal bludgeon to the stoner max. This trio certainly, ahem, contains multitudes. – Brad Cohan

Listen/Buy: Bandcamp