London-based post-punk band Pynch will release its new album Beautiful Noise October 3, 2025 on vinyl, digital download and streaming. Its lead singles promise something more sonically rich and diverse than one might expect with any genre tagging and the cheekily titled yet endearingly rendered song “Post-Punk/New-Wave” speaks to that. In the current era it seems like every musical idea has been tried and every combination and trying to get a hook into a potential listener while remaining true to an idiosyncratic, and thus truly valuable, artistic vision and sensibility can be challenging. There is simply so much out there to cater to tastes but when those tastes are not necessarily cultivated either one can get caught up in trying to appeal to too much. But instead of trying too much the song has a simple melody and rhythm with lyrics that are just dead honest about the way all the possible options and the multitude of distractions and demands on your life and time can pull you apart into a state of perpetual existential crisis without committing to anything because doing so might mean you’ll miss out, be out of date and seem quaint by being about anything. The opening lyric spells this dilemma out nicely: “It’s post-punk, it’s new wave with a little bit of shoegaze, I want it all.” And don’t we all want to have options? And yet infinite options is exhausting and corrosive to a sense of self. Ironically, perhaps, the song does have an identity as an eclectic, jangly song with undeniable hooks that is all it aims to be while evoking modern angst in an era of social media and endless access to often meaningless choices. Watch the video for “Post-Punk/New-Wave” on YouTube and follow Pynch at the links provided.
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