Art Is Supposed To Be Fun! by Grady Philip Drugg

Art Is Supposed To Be Fun! by Grady Philip Drugg

Tracklist:

1. Leaving Lake Wobegone

2. Our New Home

3. I Fear So Deeply

4. Stuck In Time

5. Pretending Is Stupid

6. Ouch!

7. Where Is My Love Now?

8. Naked

9. Standing Brave

"why would I pretend

"Grady Philip Drugg is a musician from Canyon Lake, Texas. In February 2014, he relocated to Springfield, Missouri and toured the country in several DIY bands. In April 2016, he made his way back home after recording his debut self-titled full length album. He now lives in Austin, Texas."-his bandcamp

I've looked up to Grady, musically, for a hot minute now and I absolutely love this new release he put out. He goes in and out of different sounds so effortlessly and still manages to keep it flowing. Much like his self-titled release (linked below because I think we missed it, maybe? I'm not sure, but I am sure that it will be linked below :-))

Fun Fact: Leaving Lake Wobegone was originally on a 4-track ep that Grady put out under the name Toska, and it's great to see that it's back and sounding more lovely than ever. I love the instrumentation on all the songs, the tones and just what Grady's doing is just pleasing. I don't really know what else to say other than I don't know why you're not listening to this. 

Favorite Track: Our New Home

Art Is Supposed To Be Fun!

Grady's S/T (I'd definitely check it out if I were you)

True Self- Demo 2017

Demo 2017 by True Self

Tracklist:

1. Worst Reasons

2.Isolation

3.True Self

4.Sick

5.Sabrina

6. Old Man Stuck In His Way

A sweet n short hardcore release leaning more towards Verse or Have Heart from Springfield, MO. I'm (Kasey) drummin' on it, and it would be rad if y'all checked it. Thx

bandcamp

Letters To Catalonia//ilill Split

ilill & Letters To Catalonia 

tracklist

1) Letters To Catalonia- how'd u like it if i milked u?

2)Letters To Catalonia- Decay

3) Letters To Catalonia- my lyfe is a pyramid scheme n yr just a (s)quare

4) ilill-intro

5)ilill- hana

6)ilill- nanae

I was at a house show, talking with a friend about how they wanted to start a band in the vein of Funeral Diner, The Saddest Landscape and other big screamo bands when we got on the topic of sweet releases from 2016. Besides the Ostraca release, this was his favorite release. Some words on the topic: 

The riffs on the Letters side are so heavy, they smash and destroy and leave you on the ground with nothing but your emotions. While Ilill's side lets you pick yourself back up and return to whatever void of life that you were in before you put this split on. 

Bandcamp

Favorite track: my lyfe is a pyramid scheme n yr just a (s)quare