Two enthralling new tracks from Hauspoints — “Pillock Box” and “FFS” — showcase the powerful, creative art-rock sound of the Chorley, England-based group. Blending thumping grooves with both raw garage-rock power and avant-garde collages (especially evident in the sample-friendly “FFS”), both singles are replay-inducing standouts.
Drawing from influences like The Stooges, “Pillock Box” struts a grooving bass steadiness throughout an array of dynamic guitar work, spanning from twangy intrigue to bursts of ardent distortion. Confident vocals move alongside, sounding like a cross of The Fall and Talking Heads in its suave combination of biting melodics and spoken-word style emanations. A charismatic vocal ardor lets out “stuck in the pillock box again!” as snarling guitar distortion reappears, delectable in its impassioned emergences throughout. The mixture of bass-heavy thumping verses and erupting, anthemic fervency propels “Pillock Box” as a grippingly climactic listening experience.
Released today, “FFS” is described by the band as nodding to “both The Velvet Underground and nursery rhymes.” The initial sample-laden lushness also invokes an Avalanches-like production, melding with a post-punk and rock synergy furthered by debonair vocal ascents into blaring guitar work. The “yippee” playful vocal interweaving fuses with twanging guitars for a memorably hooky vigor, dazzling in its interactions between samples and enthused rock energy. Both tracks are thorough successes from Hauspoints.
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“Pillock Box” and other tracks featured this month can be streamed on the updating Obscure Sound’s ‘Emerging Singles’ Spotify playlist.
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