The Pickup

Bands and new music for fans of shellac

  • Punk, Proto-heavy, noisy

“When God Used a Rope”

by Buñuel

"WHEN GOD USED A ROPE" is out now anticipating our third album - Killers Like Us - arriving on 18th Feb 2022 via Profound Lore Records & La Tempesta. It's going to be unforgiving, merciless, beautiful.

For fans of
  • Post-Punk, Post-Rock, Noise Rock

Effigy Envy

by Sea of Limbs

We are Sea of Limbs, a collaborative project between members of Portsmouth bands Battery Hens and Noyo Mathis. We developed and recorded these songs between 2017 - 2018 as a studio project, and finally released it on April 2nd, 2021.

For fans of
  • Post Hardcore

Wet Soaking Wet

by Shevils

Hi! This is our new single ”Wet Soaking Wet” It´s Shevils fifth single from the album ”Miracle of the Sun” Hope you like it :)

For fans of
  • Post-punk, post-hardcore, noise-rock

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by Or

Hi, we are Or from Prague and have just released a video with a brand new single from our third full-length record. The album is called Smutný stroje (tran. The Sad Machines) and will be out by the end of June 2020 on the Prague-based record label Silver Rocket.

For fans of
  • alternative/punk

Pipe Bomb

by Sleemo

Sleemo we are, we be Sleemo. This is the first single from our new EP "Mutation Of" and we're super excited for it to finally be released! We really tried to capture the huge amount of power and energy of our live shows into this song and we hope you play it loud!

For fans of
  • Garage punk

Create & Rebel

by The Sewer Cats

Hi all, we're The Sewer Cats, a punk duo from Manchester full of furry fury! 'Create & Rebel' is from our debut EP 'Zelda', released in April on Hell Hath No Fury Records. It's about rejecting the milestones society asks us to tick off and instead creating things just for the sake of it.

For fans of
  • Punk with a bit of shoegaze thrown in for good measure.

Greys

Greys took on a completely new direction for their third album, doing the exact opposite to what they've always known, by cutting their teeth into experimenting with warped samples, building atmosphere through reversed guitars and running their ruthless drums through amps.

For fans of
  • Art-punk

Deliluh

Emerging experimental art-rock group Deliluh have announced a brand-new mini LP for release on May 3rd via Tin Angel (UK/EU) – ‘Oath of Intent’ is a summer sibling, one of two albums birthed in a community space, and documents the group in its most visceral and cut-throat realisation to date.

For fans of
  • cathartic post-grunge

Elias Black

Elias Black brings to the live band medium the ominous emotionality, twisted textures, and dissonance of industrial music. My songwriting is characterized by barbed hooks and organic musical interplay. Our aesthetic is steeped in 1980s dark wave, punk rock, and alternative rock.

For fans of
  • Post-Punk

Careering

We're Careering, a DIY five piece from the North West, UK. We have short fast abrasive jams -no gimmicks.

For fans of
  • Noise Rock, Post Punk

Soyuz Rats

We are a Noise Rock trio, based in Norwich. Taking influences from Psych, Punk, Krautrock and Stoner we create heavy, sonic, relentless fuzz sounds. With some shouting.

For fans of
  • Post Hardcore

I CAN, I CAN'T

Guitar & Drum beat combo. Heavy riffs with intense and crazy with existential and misanthropic view to create a sense of desperation in the music yet keep it weird and uncomfortable.

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