Menace Beach

This week in Indie Basement: reviews of new albums from Ty Segall, The Sadies, Thor Harris, and TRAAMS, plus a reissue of Liars’ debut album, and more.

Listen to new songs by Vic Mensa & Chance the Rapper, Yaya Bey, Arlo McKinley, TRAAMS, Katie Alice Greer, Viagra Boys, Say Sue Me, Foxtails, The Frightnrs, Boldy James, Simulakra, Snow Ellet, and more…

UK group TRAAMS have announced ‘personal best,‘ their third album and first in seven years, which will be out July 22 via Fat Cat.

Listen to new songs by Baths, The Dears, Ezra Furman, Mick Harvey, Avey Tare, Foxes in Fiction (covering Sarah McLachlan), Greg Fox, and more.

Listen to new songs by Disclosure, J Mascis, Soft Cell, boygenius, Bill Ryder-Jones, Yelle, Menace Beach, Yumi Zouma, and more.

Leeds indie rock true-believers Menace Beach will release their second album, Lemon Memory, on January 20 via Memphis Industries. Ryan Needham and Liza Violet know how to hit that sweet spot of warm n’ fuzzy, crunchy and catchy and fans of the new LVL Up and Car Seat Headrest LPs should take note…

Leeds band Menace Beach released their debut album, Ratworld, back in January and are already gearing up to release a new EP, Super Transporterreum, which will be out on the Memphis Industries label September 25…

Leeds band Menace Beach will release their debut album, Ratworld, on January 27. Indebted to ’90s college radio — a lot of indie rock, with a little MBV “glide guitar” slathered on here and there — the album is jam-packed with big hooks and catchy choruses, plus noisy freakouts and beautiful parts, too…

Menace Beach are from Leeds, the same English City that that also birthed Hookworms and Eagulls (and Gang of Four and Sisters of Mercy). Named after an old NES game, the band’s sound owes a little to the ’90s too, with sludgy guitar poured over some relentlessly catchy pop with the always-appearling male-female vocal combo courtesy main members Ryan Needham and Liza Violet…