Slow Pulp – Yard LP (Clear Blue Vinyl) Sale

On Yard, Wisconsin-bred, Chicago-based four-piece Slow Pulp nestles comfortably into pockets of nuance, impressions, contradictions-sonics and lyrics finessed together to bottle the specific tension of a feeling you ve never quite been able to find the right words for. In that regard, listening to Slow Pulp can feel like being in a room with someone who s known you so long that they can read your every micro-expression and pinpoint exactly how you re feeling before you can. Perhaps this spawns from the band s own shared history and chemistry; in various ways, the four of them grew up-are still growing up-together. The dreamy songs of the Midwest indie rock outfit draw on moody shoegaze, hooky grunge, and intimate lo-fi fare. The band made their full-length debut with Moveys in 2020. After the downcast 2021 7 Deleted Scenes, they put the focus on hooky grunge pop for singles like 2021 s In Too Deep and 2023 s Cramps. Yard is their second full-length album and first for ANTI-.