Out September 21st, Tell No One is the debut full-length by Washington, D.C.’s Bad Moves, recorded at Philadelphia's Headroom Studio by Joe Reinhart (Hop Along). Preorder here and watch a music video for the first single "Spirit FM" on Stereogum.
Sharpening the themes of the band's 2016 self-titled EP, Tell No One is a power pop album whose 12 songs balance brashness and vulnerability, volume and tenderness. Collectively, the songs tell a story about self-discovery in childhood: exploring how intense emotional moments often arrive before we're old enough to understand them, and how those regrets and revelations ripple into adult life.
While the songs are personal, the arrangements are crafted to avoid centering any specific narrator. Instead, Bad Moves speaks in a collective voice, chanting in unison and swapping lead vocals between members. For the band, it's a way to get around the idea of a frontperson — but more than that, it highlights how even the most personal story can touch something universal
On Tell No One, those stories are often rooted in unease: New thoughts, desires and feelings come to light only to be quickly hidden away. The music, however, is far from moody: Bad Moves explores discomfort in the spirit of moving forward, creating a dialogue between past and present selves, all communicated via perfectly tuned power pop.
Bad Moves is Emma Cleveland, David Combs, Katie Park and Daoud Tyler-Ameen. Formed in 2015, the band has since toured the U.S. and U.K. alongside Jeff Rosenstock, Nana Grizol, The Spook School and Martha. The members also appeared as animated characters in a 2018 episode of the Cartoon Network series Craig of the Creek.
BAD MOVES ON TOUR
9.21 - Washington, DC * 9.22 - Brooklyn, NY * 9.23 - Philadelphia, PA * 10.12 - Richmond, VA + 10.13 - Athens, GA + 10.14 - Savannah, GA + 10.15 - Orlando, FL + 10.16 - Miami, FL + 10.17 - Tallahassee, FL + 10.18 - New Orleans, LA +^ 10.19 - Birmingham, AL +^ 10.20 - Nashville, TN +^ 10.21 - Charlottesville, VA +
* w/ The Obsessives + w/ Nana Grizol ^ w/ Lee Bains III + The Glory Fires
Out August 8th on Don Giovanni Records, SadBad is the second full-length by Izzy True.
SadBad is a record about death and getting dumped at the end of the world. The songs were mostly written in Chicago in an apartment on the 11th floor of a tall building that would eventually turn out to have bedbugs and to which True can no longer return because it is no longer rented by people they love.
That music was then carried back to upstate New York where it was subjected to TOTAL INSTRUMENTATION courtesy of the True’s dear friends and collaborators, Angela Devivo and Kyra Skye. SadBad was then further illuminated via guest appearances by Sheer Mag’s Kyle Seely and multi-instrumentalist Curt Oren. The record will be released digitally and also as a pack of stickers with a complimentary download code. Bless this mess.
Bobo SadBad Grandma Other Lover Clover Everyone Dumps Me TV Cat Funny Thing How Dare You
IZZY TRUE ON TOUR
8.6 - Brooklyn, NY @ Secret Project Robot 8.8 - Baltimore, MD @ Joe's 8.9 - Chapel Hill, NC @ The Cave 8.10 - Charlotte, NC @ Oso Skatepark 8.11 - Athens, GA @ Athens Popfest 8.12 - Charlotte, NC @ Petra's 8.13 - Greensboro, NC @ On Pop of the World 8.14 - Charlottesville, VA @ Twisted Branch 8.16 - Ithaca, NY @ The Haunt 8.17 - Syracuse, NY @ The Vineyard (solo) 8.18 - Rochester, NY @ Grand Alliance (solo)
It’s a record about death and getting dumped at the end of the world. The songs were mostly written in Chicago in an apartment on the 11th floor of a tall building that would eventually turn out to have bedbugs and to which True can no longer return because it is no longer rented by people they love.
That music was then carried back to upstate New York where it was subjected to TOTAL INSTRUMENTATION courtesy of the True’s dear friends and collaborators, Angela Devivo and Kyra Skye. SadBad was then further illuminated via guest appearances by Sheer Mag’s Kyle Seely and multi-instrumentalist Curt Oren. The record will be released digitally and also as a pack of stickers with a complimentary download code. Bless this mess.
Bobo SadBad Grandma Other Lover Clover Everyone Dumps Me TV Cat Funny Thing How Dare You
IZZY TRUE ON TOUR
8.6 - Brooklyn, NY @ Secret Project Robot 8.8 - Baltimore, MD @ Joe's 8.9 - Chapel Hill, NC @ The Cave 8.10 - Charlotte, NC @ Oso Skatepark 8.11 - Athens, GA @ Athens Popfest 8.12 - Charlotte, NC @ Petra's 8.13 - Greensboro, NC @ On Pop of the World 8.14 - Charlottesville, VA @ Twisted Branch 8.16 - Ithaca, NY @ The Haunt 8.17 - Syracuse, NY @ The Vineyard (solo) 8.18 - Rochester, NY @ Grand Alliance (solo)
Legendary pioneers of American grunge punk, L7 throw down menacing swagger against the powerful and greedy in their new single “I Came Back To Bitch” unleashed with a video directed by BHC's Joel Fernando today on Don Giovanni Records. Debuted with Rolling Stone today, this track follows their first single in 18 years “Dispatch from Mar-a-Lago” – a sardonic yet joyous middle finger of a track. The band is bringing their explosive live show back on the road this spring, announcing dates in Boston, Philadelphia + more today with additional cities to be announced soon!
L7 is Donita Sparks (Vocals, Guitar), Suzi Gardner (Lead Guitar), Jennifer Finch (Bass) and Dee Plakas (Drums). The formidable four-some’s original line-up came together for their new singles in the studio with producer Billy Bush at EastWest Studios in Hollywood.
On June 15th Appleton, Wisoncin's Dusk will release their self-titled debut LP on Don Giovanni Records. Today, you can watch the band's video for "Old Magnolia" via Post-Trash.
Dusk transport you from where you are to where you wish you were; the open air, endless freedom, and thick harmonies of a better life. With members that include Julia Blair (Holy Sheboygan), Amos Pitsch (Tenement), and Colin Wilde (Black Thumb) together with Ryley Crowe and Tyler Ditter, the band's weary soul and fried-country is truly refreshing in these anxious times, both rustic and radiant. -- Post Trash
DUSK ON TOUR
6.13 - Lansing, MI @ Mac's Bar 6.14 - Toronto, ON @ Velvet Underground 6.15 - Ottawa, ON @ Clocktower 6.16 - Winooski, VT @ Monkeyhouse 6.17 - Rollinsford, NH Sue's 6.18 - Boston, MA @ O'Briens 6.19 - Worchester, MA @ Ralph's (Downstairs) 6.20 - Brooklyn, NY @ Alphaville 6.21 - New Brunswick, NJ @ In The West 6.22 - Philadelphia, PA @ Mothership 6.23 - Baltimore, MD @ Joe2 6.24 - Washington, DC @ Slash Run 6.25 - Columbus, OH @ Ace of Cups 6.26 - Cincinnati, OH @ North Side Yacht Club 6.27 - Chicago, IL @ The Hideout 6.28 - Milwaukee, WI @ SummerFest 7.29 - Appleton, WI @ The Draw 7.25 - Kansas City, MO @ Record Bar % 7.26 - St Louis, MO @ Blueberry Hill Duck Room % 7.27 - Chicago, IL @ Beat Kitchen % 7.28 - Cambridge, IL @ Ca d'Zan 7.29 - Milwaukee, WI @ Cactus Club % 7.30 - Fargo, ND @ The Aquarium % 7.31 - Billings, MT @ Pub Station % 8.2 - Spokane, WA @ The Bartlett % 8.3 - Seattle, WA Vera Project % 8.4 - Vancouver, BC @ The Biltmore % 8.5 - Portland, OR @ Holocene % 8.7 - Sacramento, CA @ Holy Diver % 8.8 - San Francisco, CA @ Rickshaw Stop % 8.9 - Fresno, CA @ Strummer's % 8.10 - Los Angeles, CA @ Bootleg (Theater Stage) % 8.11 - San Diego, CA @ Casbah % 8.12 - Las Vegas, NV @ Beauty Bar % 8.13 - Denver, CO @ TBD 8.15 - Omaha, NE @ O'Leavers 8.16 - Minneapolis, MN @ Palmer's 8.25 - Milwaukee, WI @ Ayre in the Square Festival 9.14 - Milwaukee, WI @ Cactus Club
