It’s Bandcamp Friday, AKA, the day I buy a bunch of music. Some of it new, some of it old. Some of it has been featured in recent episodes of NONTRAST Radio and some of it will be featured in upcoming episodes.

I haven’t seen Mattress in quite a while but was stoked to see this music video show up in my feed which then clued me into his recent-ish LP, FUBAR.

Brighton punks Lambrini Girls are a recent discovery for me. They’ll be touring the US this summer and I’ve already got my ticket. The LP was too expensive to ship from the UK, so I’ll be showing up, cash in hand, at their merch table.

Two English bands with “Girls” in the name? If I cared more about sequencing, I’d move this down lower in the post. Another new discovery for me, I know, I’m late to the game.

I have most of these tracks in 7″ form, but I’m thankful for this convenient anthology.

My bandmate clued me into this band after catching them live. Hammered dulcimer black metal isn’t a commonly uttered phrase, but it works. I picked up one of their earlier LPs at a garage sale in my neighborhood, which was quite surprising.

I don’t really know how Iron Lung Records releases so many records of such high caliber, but I’m thankful they do.

I first crossed paths with Steve a couple decades ago with his old bands, XBXRX, kit, Warbler, snowsuit* and others. While his recent solo releases are a departure from those acts, I believe the same people that enjoyed his output 20 ago will enjoy this release.