#crying loser

5/26/26.

If you look at the Bandcamp page, and read the "apology", it looks like there will be more copies available soon, so be patient.

Yes, this is the first new full length Eddy Current Suppression Ring LP since 2019's "All In Good Time" (Castle Face Records).

You can always count on ECSR for great angular post punk that defies comparison. In fact, if you look on AllMusic the "influenced by" has only The Pagans, The Troggs, X, and The Standells. Nice weird mix.

Frankly, I'll get you ready for some upcoming posts - look soon for posts on Crying Loser, and Cola - both bands that show some ECSR influence. In 2026 alone, I've mentioned ECSR in posts about Institute, Welt Star and Optic Sink.

5/30/26.

One listen to "The Ick" by Crying Loser and I thought I was listening to one of John Dwyer's many side projects or alter-egos. Nope. Crying Loser are, of all things, an Irish (Cork) band. Yes, that's right, the country that brought us So Cow, The Pogues, and Laurie Shaw now gives us this 12" slab that, according to the Bandcamp page, "is a raw byproduct of abrasive, frenzied and hypnotic energy, looking to scratch the miserable itch of life at the bottom of the barrel." I agree, this album sounds like it was birthed in the late 1970s no wave scene.

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