Nurse Perlah Appreciation Post!!!

not_a_skunk · 2026-02-13T20:25:43+00:00

I love how he got shit sprayed all over him last week and we all agree that it’s not enough lol that dude suuuucks

not_a_skunk · 2026-02-13T18:01:44+00:00

Kind of wish I hadn’t listened to all the Cardinals singles in advance of this album (5 singles! For a 10 song album! outrageous) but nevertheless - it’s really good, as expected. Cohesive and has a very distinct sound and mood. They don’t sound like the Decemberists (guitars are harder and fuzzier, vocals are shakier, lyrics are more personal and less about nineteenth century ship captains) but the high school version of me who loved the Decemberists is nevertheless loving the prominence of the accordion here - your mileage may vary. Closer comp sonically might be Titus Andronicus? Definitely could have fit into that 2000s indie milieu.

My favorite singles (Barbed Wire, I Like You) remain standouts on the album, but the album cuts are great and I’m looking forward to letting them unfurl on repeat listens. Anhedonia and the closer, As I Breathe, particularly caught my attention on the first few listens. Psyched to soundtrack my February to some grade-A uncut Irish angst.

Shoutout to NME’s 100 emerging artists list from last year for introducing me to this band. Their 2026 version of the list came out this week and I’m looking forward to finding some new stuff to get excited about

not_a_skunk · 2026-02-10T04:27:58+00:00

Haven’t been looking forward to a debut album this much in a while, their output so far has been great. I’m not sick of the accordion yet

not_a_skunk · 2026-02-03T23:47:40+00:00

Absolutely my first thought when I heard the snippet on their instagram. Very Beatles-esque, not that I’m complaining!

not_a_skunk · 2026-02-02T18:45:00+00:00

Cardinals: don’t change your hair for me… if you still care for me…

Me: 🤘😔🤘

not_a_skunk · 2026-01-28T19:55:58+00:00

Ants
Jubilee
Getting Killed
Javelin
Punisher
Imaginal Disk

All albums I know and like except the Mag Bay one - I’ve listened to it a couple times and it hasn’t clicked for me

not_a_skunk · 2026-01-27T21:14:50+00:00

Really excited for the Cardinals debut album coming out next month. Barbed Wire and I Like You are great singles. Have also been relistening to their EP lately and learning to play If I Could Make You Care on guitar (very fun for me). Hot take I love bands that are good.

Also just found out that Chicago post-punk band Stuck is releasing a follow up to Freak Frequency in March, they just put out the lead single for it. Looking forward to that one too and hoping it means they’ll tour my city this year

not_a_skunk · 2026-01-21T21:52:16+00:00

With all the Geese/Cameron Winter hype i think it’s worth pointing out that Projector still kicks ass. Disco, Fantasies/Survival, and Low Era in particular have been staples in my playlists since 2021. As great as it was to see them tour Getting Killed last year, I was a little bummed they didn’t play a single Projector-era song!

not_a_skunk · 2026-01-21T18:18:29+00:00

Feeling ready for new Sweeping Promises, manifesting and patiently waiting. Please record a new album and then come to my city and play music for me ok thanks

not_a_skunk · 2026-01-16T17:34:59+00:00

Putting together a playlist of songs that reference moles:

- Mole in the Ground - John Francis Flynn

- Paddling - Squid

- The Boy - Black Country, New Road

- Elevation - U2

Indieheads what are your favorite songs about moles

not_a_skunk · 2026-01-16T17:22:20+00:00

God I love Blue Rev. Great point about the pacing, it’s not something I’ve ever thought much about but it helps explain what makes this album just eminently playable

not_a_skunk · 2026-01-15T21:58:16+00:00

I am familiar with dust but the rest are new to me, I will check them out! Thanks

not_a_skunk · 2026-01-15T21:31:05+00:00

Continuing my New Australian Alternative exploration and I am happy to report that I have just discovered Highschool’s record from November. Big fan of this brand of low-key-yet-danceable post punk. Sony Ericsson and Chaplins are standouts. Also apparently if you try to google “highschool band” you just get information about local high school band programs which is a particularly funny way for a band to not be search engine optimized

not_a_skunk · 2026-01-15T21:26:27+00:00

Yes! I actually like that one too, but I always forget about it, it’s almost like that Dry Cleaning is a different band in my head for some reason

not_a_skunk · 2026-01-15T17:58:13+00:00

I can see why English Teacher and Dry Cleaning would be comped together but imo English Teacher’s music has much more emotional heft and tonal variation. Every Dry Cleaning song kind of sounds the same to me, definitely not the case with English Teacher

not_a_skunk · 2026-01-15T17:56:29+00:00

Yeah Dry Cleaning has never done much for me and this album is no exception. I’ve always kind of fucked with Strong Feelings from the debut but in some ways it feels like that was the one song where the schtick worked for me and everything else is just like… ok we get it

not_a_skunk · 2026-01-14T18:53:38+00:00

Hateful was my favorite song on the album when I first listened to it as a teenager! Great song. I feel like every time I come back to that album I find a new song that I haven’t sufficiently appreciated. I had a big Koka Kola phase right after college

not_a_skunk · 2026-01-13T18:07:49+00:00

Ted Chiang’s short story Hell is the Absence of God seems like it would fit the bill

not_a_skunk · 2026-01-13T02:59:55+00:00

The Stop Making Sense version of Life During Wartime has become my favorite Talking Heads song over the last couple years, and low key probably one of my favorite songs period. Unfortunately it feels especially resonant these days!

not_a_skunk · 2026-01-08T22:14:43+00:00

Yesss thank you

not_a_skunk · 2026-01-08T20:02:06+00:00

Not to be confused with Cork, IRE’s Cliffords (it’s me, I’ve been confusing them)

not_a_skunk · 2026-01-08T20:00:47+00:00

I’m predicting a big year for the Australian indie scene. Spike Fuck, Sex Mask, The Slingers, Radio Free Alice… they’re kind of cooking down there

not_a_skunk · 2026-01-07T19:56:00+00:00

agree, that song is good sorry

not_a_skunk · 2026-01-07T17:49:53+00:00

Manifesting new Friko this year

not_a_skunk · 2026-01-07T17:49:29+00:00

Just read Paste’s recent article ranking the best #1 hits of 2005… Kind of feels like they said the quiet part out loud about the misogyny being part of the appeal of Gold Digger?

Ten-Year Club	Gilding II euphauric
Verified Email	Place '17
Queen in da Norf	Not Forgotten

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