Where Do You Want - Brilliant Beast

Brilliant Beast are a Minneapolis based band 'led by sibling dual-vocalists Hannah (vocals, guitar, violin) and Jordan Porter (vocals, guitar) and anchored by the breakneck rhythm section of Mark Kartarik (bass) and Eric Whalen (drums)'. They released their album 'Where Do You Want' a few days ago on my favourite Guilt Ridden Pop (thanks for all the fantastic submissions guys!). There are some shoegazey bits with a lot of fuzzy guitars, overall it's fairly easy listening with clear power-pop influences. Definitely worth giving them a listen, the catchy melodies will get stuck in your head so I expect that re-listening will be necessary. I probably already listened to my favourite track, 'Dead Man', a bit too much. You can stream and order the album on bandcamp .

Gospel Gossip - Atlantic Blue

'Atlantic Blue' is Gospel Gossip's newest 7" released on Guilt Ridden Pop on November 3rd and recorded by Neil Weir at Old Blackberry Way. Both label and the studio, as well as the band are Minneapolis based and seem to very strongly contribute the local music scene.
The three new songs can be bought on crystal-clear vinyl with hand-printed sleeves by Casey Deming or streamed in full length on Gospel Gossip's bandcamp. Although all together the songs seem to have in common certain degree of melancholic feel, each of them seem to relate to a slightly different styles from shoegaze, noise and trash to 80s post-punk and new wave.