#constant lovers

Every Record I Own - Day 254: Constant Lovers True Romance

If you live outside of Seattle, you’ve probably never heard of Constant Lovers.

Don’t let the name or album art deceive you. This self-released debut from 2011 is an ugly slab of serrated, percussive skronk. The guitars are piercing and stabby. The bass is crunchy and mean. The drums... well, there are drums everywhere. There is plenty of negative space in Constant Lovers, but there are always thunderous toms and martial snare roles barreling across those empty voids.

Bonus selling points: Ben Verellen (Helms Alee, Harkonen) is their current drummer and vocalist/guitarist Joel Cuplin played in the sadly underrated art-punk troupe Triumph of Lethargy Skinned Alive to Death as well as the Michael Gira-approved baroque goth outfit Suffering & the Hideous Thieves.

The Glow of NYE 2019

This was the second year in a row that I headed to The Showbox on New Year’s Eve to see Thunderpussy and their influential multi-band lineups, but what made it better this year was that I got to bring along one of my best friends. While I won’t EVER knock going to concerts alone (which is something I did for the first time last year and have continued to do several times), I do understand why…