punk this week: doe st, bungee jumpers, flower power + 14 more

Hey, it’s Punk This Week. Every Friday, I round up the best new punk and rock'n'roll records and write about them here. This week we’ve got a stellar EP from Australia’s Doe St, an unbelievable fastcore record from Ireland’s Flower Power, a sick one from the Chicago-based and Answering Machines-adjacent project Bungee Jumpers, the new album from Sharp Pins conspirator Joe Glass, a new one from Anytime Cowboy, and so much more.

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Doe St: Same Day [Legless]

There’s a bum note in the guitar solo of “Shaking Hands.” Briefly, it thuds. One of the voices in the “woo-ooh” backing harmony doesn’t quite reach the “right” note. One voice is taking it a little too easy in the absolute best way. That’s the magic in this EP by the Rye, Australia rock’n’rollers—that occasional bend in the woodgrain. 

These dudes have hypnotizing jams up their sleeves in service of a long haul-style 1970s-ass hard rock record. It’s loose as hell—rowdy garage punk that feels as boozy as the room you’re most likely to hear it played in. Tom Duell has a perfect voice for this type of music—this straight-faced tone that’s usually affiliated with anarcho or post-punk. Perfect for their very good cover of Sunnyboys’ “Thrill.” This is a very good EP that feels like an album.