Trust Fund took me a couple listens to warm to. I like the unpolished style, and the vocals, when they harmonize, are great. They can get a little too precious sometimes, but then the majority of the time they’re pretty good, whether it’s a guitar buzzing with distortion, or the harmonized vocals, or even when… Continue reading Joanna Gruesome/Trust Fund at Razorcake
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Joanna Gruesome/Trust Fund at Performer
It’s always a joy to get new Joanna Gruesome vinyl, and this time out fans are treated to a delicious two-fer: a split LP with three new tracks from Joanna Gruesome plus three new tracks from UK newcomers Trust Fund. The whole affair adds up to a noisy, punk-fueled skin abrasion (but in a good… Continue reading Joanna Gruesome/Trust Fund at Performer
Joanna Gruesome/Trust Fund at Maximum Rock and Roll
This split with Wales Joanna Gruesome and UK band Trust Fund offers up some dreamy pop. What I love about Joanna Gruesome is how contained and sweet and melodic they can be, while utterly ripping at times. I mean it’s a hard line to walk, but they do it damn well. Their songs are not… Continue reading Joanna Gruesome/Trust Fund at Maximum Rock and Roll
Joanna Gruesome and Trust Fund at Get It On Vinyl
Only on vinyl can you really enjoy the magic that is a split EP. Digital only music consumers will never understand just how awesome they can be. The best splits are ones that compliment both bands who share just enough influences while at the same time maintaining their distinction. Joanna Gruesome makes splits even better.… Continue reading Joanna Gruesome and Trust Fund at Get It On Vinyl
Joanna Gruesome at Big Takeover (print)
JG are a bunch of hardcore kids who grew up and decided to play indie pop. That might be an overly simplistic description, but sonically its pretty accurate. Their tracks on this split, the Gruesomes’ first post-Werid Sister release, finds them toning down their aggressive side and focusing more on the sugarysweetness with bubbly, hook-laden… Continue reading Joanna Gruesome at Big Takeover (print)
Joanna Gruesome at the girls are
It’s been a year since the release of Joanna Gruesome’s debut full length, Weird Sister, and the impression it left remains unfading. While critically praised from both sides of the Atlantic, it’s perhaps one of the most unsung records of recent times; reflecting the age of its creators, its glorious and abrasive petulance only heightens with age. It’s… Continue reading Joanna Gruesome at the girls are
Joanna Gruesome at SeeSound
An excellent double hander from whippersnappers Trust Fund and slightly older whippersnappers Joanna Gruesome that I can whole-heartedly recommend. There’s a melodic trio of tracks from JG, Jerome (Liar) is almost Go-Go’s, seemingly upbeat and a perfectly brief piece of indie pop. J&MC feedback accompanied slow-burn Satan could have been written by Malory Knox (the… Continue reading Joanna Gruesome at SeeSound
Joanna Gruesome/Trust Fund at Big Takeover
Now gaining momentum after the success of their debut album, Cardiff, Wales-based Joanna Gruesome return with three new songs backed by some friends from Brighton, Trust Fund. “Jerome (Liar)” opens the Gruesome side with a punch. Aberrantly noisy within a spunky melodicism, it’s a quick bit of punk to get things rolling. An alternate version… Continue reading Joanna Gruesome/Trust Fund at Big Takeover
Joanna Gruesome/Trust Fund at The Le Sigh
My eye was initially caught by Joanna Gruesome a year or two ago. Snagged by the the witty wordplay of the name, I scrolled past their bandcamp page and immediately sputtered out something along the lines of: “Joanna Newsom? Joanna GRUESOME!” with a slap on my thigh and my head chucked back. “Ha! With a… Continue reading Joanna Gruesome/Trust Fund at The Le Sigh
Joanna Gruesome/Trust Fund Video Release at Impose
In September, U.K. indie pop pals Joanna Gruesome and Trust Fund teamed up for a six-song split, released via Reeks of Effort (UK) and HHBTM (US). We’ve already shared the hooky mid-tempo call-out cut “Jerome (Liar)”. Now we are excited to now premiere a video for the song, plus a video for Trust Fund’s “Reading the Wrappers”. The part-animated, part-filmed videos were created by London artist… Continue reading Joanna Gruesome/Trust Fund Video Release at Impose