Monday, January 27, 2025

L.S. Dunes - Violet



While it can be a divisive moniker, L.S. Dunes is a recent "supergroup" of guitarist Frank Iero (My Chemical Romance), guitarist Travis Stever (Coheed and Cambria), vocalist Anthony Green (Circa Survive), bassist Tim Payne (Thursday), and drummer Tucker Rule (Thursday).
I was a fan of their debut full-length 'Past Lives' in 2022 (especially the opening track "2022" and "Bombsquad"), and am looking forward to / telling anyone not in the know about their soon to release new full-length 'Violet' on January 31st.

Mostly wanted to highlight this release because Anthony Green has been on a prolific output-resurgence the past few years, releasing a myriad of work under multiple projects/solo, including probably my favorite of the bunch with his again-collaboration with The Sound of Animals Fighting's 'Apeshit' in 2022.  All that to say -- he is my main draw to this project; I've sometimes teeter-tottered on albums/bands/solo work Green is associated with, but undeniably his voice and delivery is a unique cornerstone in multiple genres and at the least is always worth checking out.  Plus the entire band seems to have a solid chemistry that hopefully keeps the collab rolling.









Adrift - Dry Soil


Spain's Adrift (formerly stylized 'adrift') are back on the 31st of January with their first full-length album since 'Pure' in 2019.  "Concrete" is the only track available for preview (below) from the soon-releasing 'Dry Soil', but it & their back catalog alone was enough to get me pre-ordering the vinyl/digital release.  Considering the last thing these guys released was compilation tracks a few years ago, I'm glad to see they're still rocking and putting out new full-length albums.


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