All Back No Front #4

The fourth All Back No Front podcast gets a bit ugly at times. It might be because ABNF#3 ended up being so despicably pleasant.

Anyway, prepare for droning percussive hypnosis from Jon Mueller’s Death Blues project, the crackling beserker punk of Pissed Jeans, and 160bpm future pop - the brand new single by Laurel Halo.

There’s beauty: a Richard and Linda Thompson cover by Angel Olsen and Marissa Nadler; delicate folk pop from Pale Seas; and a volcano of bombast from Canadian supergroup USA out of Vietnam.

Completing the mix - double-speed rhymes from Atlanta’s Rittz, a cut of sunshine from Sinkane’s debut album, the liquid sub rumble of Maxmillion Dunbar and some of the best indie rock vocals you’ll have heard in an age - from Frances Quinn of Philadelphia's Hop Along.

Finally, speaking about the new single and debut album of Amateur Best, plus end of year lists and new projects: this week's Guest Informant(s): Jack Thomas and Hari Ashurst of Double Denim records .