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Lucky 3:44 ░▐ ▌░ 02. Self Service 3:40 ░▐ ▌░ 03. Projector 3:02 ░▐ ▌░ 04. Emergency Equipment And Exits 5:28 ░▐ ▌░ 05. Told You So 4:44 ░▐ ▌░ 06. Shadowcasting 3:41 ░▐ ▌░ 07. Bad Form 3:33 ░▐ ▌░ 08. No Yes 3:35 ░▐ ▌░ 09. Bags For Life 5:11 ░▐ ▌░ ░▐ ▌░ ░▐ ▌░ ▄▄▄┌─────────────┐▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ ░▐ ▌░ ▒▒▒│ rip notes │▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒ ░▐ ▌░ └─────────────┘ ░▐ ▌░ ░▐ ▌░ Growth with no reward. Finding strength in your less ░▐ ▌░ desirable traits. Coming up with the perfect comeback hours ░▐ ▌░ later in bed, glaring at the ceiling. Asking yourself: am I ░▐ ▌░ improving, or am I just changing into something ░▐ ▌░ unrecognizable? Chicago quartet Ganser probe the futility of ░▐ ▌░ striving for self-growth during the chaos of our times for ░▐ ▌░ dark comedy and jagged sounds on their potent new album Just ░▐ ▌░ Look at That Sky, out July 31st on Felte. ░▐ ▌░ ░▐ ▌░ Equal parts Space Odyssey and Ghost World, Ganser released ░▐ ▌░ their debut LP Odd Talk in 2018 to favorable coverage from ░▐ ▌░ The New York Times, Billboard, and Stereogum. Building on ░▐ ▌░ their dissociative disorder namesake, the albumÆs tone ░▐ ▌░ vacillated between frenzied and contemplative, probing on ░▐ ▌░ questions of communication, intimacy, and avoidance. On Just ░▐ ▌░ Look at That Sky, Ganser further explores the personal inner ░▐ ▌░ climate of uncertain times. ░▐ ▌░ ░▐ ▌░ Opening track ôLuckyö announces an explosive energy that ░▐ ▌░ evokes the Midwest noise-rock legacy of bands like Jesus ░▐ ▌░ Lizard and Shellac, while embracing a more colorful palette ░▐ ▌░ of post-punk and art rock influences. Nadia Garofalo and ░▐ ▌░ Alicia Gaines, a self-described two-headed monster who share ░▐ ▌░ lead vocal duties, can bring both a recalcitrant cool worthy ░▐ ▌░ of Kim Gordon and a booming sneer that recalls Poly Styrene; ░▐ ▌░ the discordant interplay of Charlie LandsmanÆs guitar and ░▐ ▌░ Brian CundiffÆs drums on standouts ôSelf Serviceö and ôBad ░▐ ▌░ Formö build to blistering climaxes that wouldnÆt feel out of ░▐ ▌░ place on Red Medicine-era Fugazi. ░▐ ▌░ ░▐ ▌░ And then thereÆs GanserÆs lyrics: manic explorations of worry ░▐ ▌░ and dread mark this record, the epic messiness of daily life ░▐ ▌░ in our damaged times attacked with sardonic specificity as ░▐ ▌░ often as generalized doom. Just Look at That Sky isnÆt afraid ░▐ ▌░ to acknowledge that weÆre all Extremely Online all the time, ░▐ ▌░ but rather explicitly owns it. These songs chart inner ░▐ ▌░ monologues of emphatic confusion, emotions already deeply ░▐ ▌░ felt further ratcheted up by the anxiety of always having too ░▐ ▌░ much information about other people, and always being just ░▐ ▌░ one tweet or status update away from knowing what everyone ░▐ ▌░ really thinks about us. This culminates in closing track ░▐ ▌░ ôBags for Life,ö which imagines how online discourse might ░▐ ▌░ tackle a front-row seat for the end of the world. ░▐ ▌░ ░▐ ▌░ Nadia Garofalo (keyboards/vocals) and Alicia Gaines ░▐ ▌░ (bass/vocals) met in art school, bonding over their shared ░▐ ▌░ love of The Residents, outsider communities, and ░▐ ▌░ transgressive filmmakers like John Waters and David Lynch. ░▐ ▌░ The hands-on, DIY craftsmanship honed in those years has ░▐ ▌░ carried over into a group that shares writing duties, ░▐ ▌░ collaborates closely on music videos and album art, and ░▐ ▌░ crafts Brechtian visuals to accompany their maximalist live ░▐ ▌░ show. Having shared stages with the likes of Daughters, Oh ░▐ ▌░ Sees, Algiers, as well as Modern English, Ganser is a band ░▐ ▌░ that refuses to be pinned down, four individuals of diverse ░▐ ▌░ backgrounds functioning with the collective consciousness of ░▐ ▌░ four people in uncertain times. ░▐ ▌░ ░▐ ▌░ These are songs that never shy away from ugliness and ░▐ ▌░ confusion, that believe embracing the totality of the self ░▐ ▌░ sometimes means leaning into our dickish behavior. In the ░▐ ▌░ past, some listeners have had trouble reconciling non-male ░▐ ▌░ voices with the sorts of topics Ganser writes about, but that ░▐ ▌░ comes to an end with Just Look at That Sky. 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