SEVEN NOISES

The latest release on Transparent is a split between Weekend and Young Prisms. You'll probably remember Weekend from the Mexican Summer 10' single out earlier this year, where they prove there's still a place for noise pop with melodies. Young Prisms proposal and history is not far from Weekend's as their sound is quite close and they also had a release last year on the label that brought us Washed Out's Life of Leisure and also the live 7 split 7' with Small Black available on the Japanese label Big Love. Another thing these bands share is that both are from San Francisco and they've played shows together in many occasions.
The 7 inch is a limited to 300 release as they normally do, available at Pure Groove in the UK.

Weekend is an amazing young Californian band that is just about to physically release their debut (already available for download) at Mexican Summer. The two tracks 10" single All American / Youth Haunts sounds like a ferocious shoegaze incarnation of that late 80s British sound some American bands like The Pains of Being Pure at Heart or Crystal Stilts have gracefully updated lately, if we want to give a current point of reference. Travelling way back to the past we should mention bands like My Bloody Valentine, JAMC, Ride or Sciencepheric as influences. While All American is a bit more candid and conventional the distortion explosions and epic of Youth Haunts makes this track the reason to follow them, to get this item and to look forward to seeing them live. As far as I know, both tracks are live takes and have recently gone to the studio for the first time to record some new tracks for future releases, mentioning on their website a still unnamed / unknown split 7" to be out at some point next year. Here you have Youth Haunts that I highly recommend to listen to at high volume.