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Awesome Feeling 5 – Cool Cult “Tomorrow”
Cool Cult’s ‘Tomorrow’ might open with a quasi-Though Creature riff, but it’s quickly apparent that the young Auckland band’s sympathies lie with shoegaze. They’ve the guitar churn and vocal wash...
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Awesome Feeling 5: Teen Hygiene “Self Diagnosin’”
It doesn’t get bleaker or more hilarious than Wellington/Auckland band Teen Hygiene’s “Self Diagnosin’”, an allegedly autobiographical tale of cyberchondria (the song’s opening lines are “I’ve been...
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Awesome Feeling 5: Las Tetas “Swallow The Key”
‘Swallow The Key’ from Auckland’s Las Tetas shows their knack for insouciant garage/punk/girl-group churn with a harsh guitar/keyboard attack and ragged gang chants. While they haven’t been around for...
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Awesome Feeling 5: Nothing To Nobody “Push On”
Auckland based duo Nothing To Nobody is the brainchild of Lui Tuiasau and Barnaby Marshall. Their roots are noticeably in hip-hop soul and throughout their music you can hear the influence of Slum...
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Awesome Feeling 5: Orchestra Of Spheres “Hypersphere”
There’s very few bands in New Zealand who can rival the visionary mysticism of Wellington’s Orchestra of Spheres (Mos Iocoss, Baba Rossa, Jemi Hemi Mandala, E = MC303 and Zye Soceles). A track like...
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Awesome Feeling 5: Sharpie Crows “Endless Empty Eye”
Currently operating as a three piece, ‘Endless Empty Eye’ sees the Wellington-via-Melbourne-via-Auckland institution that is Sharpie Crows get slow’n'low, an abrasive mock-pompous strut reminiscent of...
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Awesome Feeling 5: Pseudorobustus “So Toward Our Myth’s Oblivion”
‘Towards Our Myth’s Oblivion’ certainly doesn’t lack for ambition – Pseudorobustus’ art-metal prog stew includes ambient piano and ostentatiously symphonic synths, guitar churn and breakneck riffage,...
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Awesome Feeling 5: Quarks! “Lost In Spin”
You get around fifteen seconds to settle into Quarks!’ ‘Lost In Spin’ before a whomping no-nonsense Patrick Cowley/Giorgio Moroder bassline bowls you over, and the song doesn’t let up – it’s the most...
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Awesome Feeling 5: Spelunks “Relaxed Geometry”
Don’t be fooled by the song’s title – Spelunks’ ‘Relaxed Geometry’ is decidedly unchill. There’s the shock of the trebly flute/recorder meshing with synths into a keening/eldritch psychedelic swirl...
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Download Awesome Feeling 5 In Its Entirety
For fifth installment of Awesome Feeling, we decided to do things a little differently – over the past month, we’ve uploaded a new track to stream or download each weekday. Now the compilation is...
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