Fully Beat Aluminum SKU: FLT103LPC1 Barcode: 0792105762784 24.00 £24.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Felte Released Date: 24th May 2024 Buying Format: 1LP Coloured Vinyl Forthcoming Pre Order Add to your Wishlist Description Product Info The relatively short life of San Francisco’s Aluminum has so far yielded a single (Spinning Backwards, 2020) and an EP (Windowpane, 2022), but their debut LP, Fully Beat, overflows with tenured confidence and a singular style that deftly comprises shoegaze, big beat, and jangle pop. With influences ranging from Orbital, to Wipers, to The Avalanches and Sly and the Family Stone, theirs is a multifaceted take on established forms, fed through fuzz and led by honeyed, male-female vocal harmonies from Bay Area post-punk veterans Marc Leyda (of Wild Moth) and Ryann Gonsalves (of Torrey). “Smile” begins with deceptive sparseness, adding neon swirls of stacked tremolo over a mesmerizing lyrical refrain, and hinting at the dynamism to come with understated grace and grit. “Always Here, Never There” is Fully Beat’s first pure hit of melodic pop: its liquid bass groove winds beneath a melancholy-sweet synth hook and Leyda’s plaintive vocals, while drummer Chris Natividad’s deep, pillowy snare and propulsive style maintain a driving pace. Lead single, “Behind My Mouth”, shifts gears into a big beat shuffle and howl of overdriven guitars, which relent to Gonsalves’ rolling bassline and playful, snarky vocal. Composed across several weeks of experimentation, it is a prime iteration of Aluminum’s meticulous world of sound, which nevertheless carries an air of wry nonchalance. Asking, “Do you ever see behind my mouth?”, Gonsalves notes that the song “comes from a place of wanting to be understood authentically, and to communicate intentionally.” This approach speaks to the album’s broader theme of exhaustion amid the demands of the modern grind: working unfulfilling jobs to pay exorbitant rent, feeling society break at the seams, and trying to maintain a meaningful personal life with the remaining scraps of morale. The response, then, must be to find joy. These songs were crafted over a half-dozen months in basements and practice spaces, creating an abundance of authentic passion and catharsis that’s as nostalgic and comforting as a cherished, tattered band t-shirt. The closer, “Upside Down”, is a full-throttle blare of joyous release – “a straight-up love song,” according to Leyda. The deliberate choice to end it with a gradual fade, rather than a dramatic climax, smartly suggests the ambivalence of acceptance – perhaps fitting, when considering the immensity of the album’s subject matter. It also hints that there is much more to be said, and as such a rich and compelling debut, Fully Beat shows that Aluminum are only getting started. RIYL: My Bloody Valentine, Happy Mondays, 80s underground punk, Primal Scream, Mission of Burma. Artist Aluminum Genre Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label Felte Buying Options 1LP Coloured Vinyl Format 1LP , Coloured Vinyl Condition New Country UK Track Listings Smile Always Here, Never There Behind My Mouth HaHa Pulp Beat Everything Call An Angel Birds Flew Here Upside Down Share this On Facebook On Twitter Via Email More from Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo View Product Quick View Meet Me In St Louis MMVI – MMIX Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Big Scary Monsters | 2LP, Gatefold Sleeve, Includes Download Code Released 20th November 2015 £23.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Meet Me In St Louis MMVI – MMIX £23.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Big Scary Monsters SKU: BSM166 Formats: 2LP, Gatefold Sleeve, Includes Download Code Released Date: 20th November 2015 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Liars They Threw Us All In A Trench And Stuck A Monument On Top Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Mute | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 22nd July 2022 £22.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Liars They Threw Us All In A Trench And Stuck A Monument On Top £22.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Mute SKU: XBFFP172 Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 22nd July 2022 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Green Day Dookie – 30th Anniversary Deluxe Edition Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Reprise | 6LP, Box Set Released 29th September 2023 £143.00 - £157.00 Select options Green Day Dookie – 30th Anniversary Deluxe Edition £143.00 - £157.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Reprise Formats: 6LP, Box Set Released Date: 29th September 2023 Read More Select options View Product Quick View Crystal Castles Amnesty (I) Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Fiction | 1LP Released 16th August 2016 £19.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Crystal Castles Amnesty (I) £19.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Fiction SKU: AMNESTY02 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 16th August 2016 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Escape-ism The Lost Record – Indies Only Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Merge Records | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl, Includes Download Code Released 7th September 2018 £21.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Escape-ism The Lost Record – Indies Only £21.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Merge Records SKU: MRG639LPC1 Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl, Includes Download Code Released Date: 7th September 2018 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Chris Farren Like A Gift From God Or Whatever Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Asian Man Records | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 19th January 2018 £17.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Chris Farren Like A Gift From God Or Whatever £17.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Asian Man Records SKU: AM329LP Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 19th January 2018 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Fontaines D.C. 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