the shape of hardcore to come: thread for DEEP SAGE (2024) by gouge away

instantly my favorite album of the year. groovy, inventively-arranged (the piano on the title track!) post-hardcore music a la fugazi, hoover, jesus lizard, sometimes they even remind me of a way harder pretty girls make graves and i love it. the sound is spliced a bit with indie rock and shoegaze but not so much that it softens the brutality of its impact. can't believe they broke up and then reunited to record this, but i can understand why the music called to be finished, it doesn't sound a thing like refused but it gives me the same feeling as the first time i listened to the shape of punk to come... they're doing something special here that i think other bands are going to pick up on

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWDcqjcvwbA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EO1Nu2Mue5g

oh yeah this is hott stuff, thanks for sharing

every time i revisit this it sounds like the most vital music ever made

post-hardcore music a la fugazi, hoover, jesus lizard

Sorry to maybe be that old guy, but will have to listen more I guess to see if they are adding a twist or spin to post-hardcore , or doing something similar that sounds equally vital in a way that won't have me just wanting to listen to the other acts you mentioned

they add soooo many twists, imo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBNULIVst3s

If I was somewhere between 16 and 23 right now, and this band was opening for a band I liked, I'd probably leave having enjoyed their set. But I don't think I'd buy their record. I definitely don't hear them doing anything new.

afaic that post is an endorsement considering the source!!! thank you for contributing

It was absolutely meant as an endorsement. They make good music for children who haven't heard enough music yet to be jaded and grumpy like me.