Catcher – Behind a Bleeding Heart
Genre: Punk, Post-Punk, Garage Rock
Similar artists: Iceage, Protomartyr, Preoccupations, Killing Joke, Been Stellar, Shame, Gilla Band
Most rock songs touch on the idea of growth. Most tunes on the radio are about a love that is blossoming. If not, they’re about reaching your dreams. If not, they’re about dusting yourself up and starting again. You know, aspiration.
To work with the theme, musically the songs also tend to build towards a memorable hook. On the other hand, post-punk bands tend to sound like things falling apart. The very best groups in the genre seem to describe the process of slow annihilation.
Catcher might be one of the best at doing this. Behind a Bleeding Heart serves as proof. Catcher are a new band. Their ears are already finely attuned to the best of what their genre can serve up. Yes, they have an advantage. They come of New York, a city that has contributed a lot to tales of elegance and wastelands. It’s an elusive subject, but Catcher sound like they know what this is all about.
Fat Moon – Coming Home
Genre: Punk, Country, Americana
Similar artists: The bridge city sinners, The Goddamn Gallows, Hank Williams III, Misfits
Some people, supposedly, have the gift of seeing the best in everything and everyone. Some call them optimists. Others think that they are naive. Regardless, it’s a nifty trick of the imagination. Do it long or good enough and you’re sure to have a job in marketing.
Less is said about the people that can do the opposite, yet still remain interesting. These aren’t simple misanthropes. They’re the people that give darkness charm and voice. They’re artists who dedicate themselves to running through the ditch when the road could have just as well been used.
Fat Moon’s Coming Home is a great song. So good in fact, that you won’t believe nobody else got to it first. Fat Moon make use of country and punk elements. But, they don’t use them as militants of the genre. They’re not fanatics. They’re just musicians who have an ear for what sounds good, rousing, dark and celebratory. Fat Moon will be worth keeping tabs on. In a world full of Misfits cover bands, they might just help push horror-punk forward.
