Hookworms - Microshift (2018 new album)

I haven't heard it yet, but their debut was one of my favourite albums of that year.

haven't gone back to it too much, respect for getting it all together after the flood

thought it was ok though! i miss the lo fi noise of the first album tho...

this is really excellent. loved the hum, wouldn't have expected this particular evolution, but have been listening all week and loving it.

Oh look, Matt DC is being dismissive of something I’m being positive about.

I'm extremely dismissive of their previous stuff because I've heard it, but I'm willing to believe they've undergone a Horrors-esque conversion to being decent (hopefully without Horrors' subsequent conversion to being crap again)

I was being dismissive of it on Facebook earlier this week in fairness.

*hears Static Resistance* "Huh, motorik Geddy Lee _is_ the best Geddy Lee mode."

I am liking the album a lot, regardless of my Geddy opinions.

I've just got around to hearing this and yeah, absolutely love this. I loved their first album, didn't enjoy their second album as much, but this is their best record yet.

TW: sexual, physical, emotional abuse. Concerning Matthew Johnson (MJ from Hookworms) pic.twitter.com/GulQcqDrEp

— Lan (@alannamcardle_) October 30, 2018

fuck's sake.

They've broken up.

pic.twitter.com/QXaX2rUOij

— HOOKWORMS (@HOOKWORMS) October 31, 2018

Awful. Love the band. Have spoken with MJ lots via Instagram over the years and he always seemed lovely, so this is a real shock. Uergh.

MJ has denied it.

pic.twitter.com/63AC3rIG75

— mj (@familyscraps) October 31, 2018

The rest of the band have done the right thing here, commendably quickly and decisively.

Yeah, he’s been hoist by his own petard here. Given the stance he’s taken on things like this over the years the band couldn’t do anything but. I half expected him to put his hands up and admit culpability but of course no one ever does.

i really like this years release a lot, this is disappointing.

false allegiance to victims rights for fame and profits is gross but not unheard of (see E. Schneiderman, i guess?). it’s, uh, not nearly as bad as sex assault so let’s not get it twisted.

i hate the venue of this “court” but i will take the extraordinary claims to be true, and i hope the victim is getting reliable help.

Some happy news that had slipped by me — the rest of the band thankfully carried on without him with other members and are called Holodrum:

https://holodrum.bandcamp.com/music

good news and good tunes too

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/may/26/hookworms-abuse-allegations-against-ex-frontman-matthew-johnson-withdrawn?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

Missed the Holodrum thing.

Wtf is going on here.

wow what a mess

Jeez, that is a mess. I never did get around to checking out Holodrum.

holodrum self titled album out last week, sounding p good so far
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