Bandcamp Picks: SUSS & Loose Fit

Album Review: Dua Saleh – Of Earth & Wires

“5 Days” starts with soothing string plucks, where Dua Saleh’s vocals are calling, mesmerizing, and powerful. At the end, it aggravates into a distorted, chaotic maelstrom of rigid percussion, allowing Saleh to unleash vocals that feel like a desperate let-out to what they are holding onto. The opening track of their sophomore album, Of Earth & Wires, serves as a staggering introduction to a record defined by profound friction. Saleh, a Sudanese…

Spin It |Dua Saleh, Rostam, Web Web and Loose Fit

It’s one thing to craft a great song, but its another skill to create a cohesive album that takes a listener on a journey. Here’s four recently released albums that we’ve been playing at OUTinPerth HQ, new records from Dua Saleh, Rostam, Web Web and Loose Fit. Dua SalehOf Earth & Wires★ ★ ★ ★ ★ This is the second album from Sudanese American Dua Saleh, who many people may know from her role in the third series of the British television show Sex…

Bandcamp Picks: SUSS & Loose Fit

It’s our Bandcamp Picks of the Week, featuring Loose Fit’s art pop angled post-punk EP BITTERSWEET EXCESS and SUSS’s career best ambient country album COUNTING SUNSETS! Loose Fit – BITTERSWEET EXCESS Genre: Post-Punk Favorite Tracks: “Bittersweet Excess,” “Cracked Whip” Throughout the Australian DIY music scene are heaps of bands who indulge in angular post-punk excursions. I’m talking about the kind where subdued basslines, jagged riffs, and sh…