“Alternative psychedelic experimental progressive industrial shaman post-folk rock” they call it. And sure why not? You have to call it something and this Hungarian quartet are damn hard to pin down. The tuning is unusual. The time signatures are unusual. The whole thing is unusual.

Guruzsmas are as comfortable playing folk festivals as they are sharing a bill with arty types and heavy rockers. Their instrumental tunes are artsy folk with a progressive, post rock sensibility played with the ferocity of a hardcore band. Imagine Planxty borrowing System Of A Down’s instruments and you’re in the right arena.

Guruzsmas combine traditional rock instruments with Kazakh dombra, didgeridoo tilinkó, kaval, zither, and throat singing. A good introduction is ‘Nyitás a Kozmosz Felé’, the second track on the album. Translated as ‘Opening To The Cosmos’, it is best enjoyed with some strong medicinals.

Guruzsmas’ debut album, Üst A Gríz Felett, is released on Wednesday December 14 through Secret Entertainment.

Tracklist:

1. Kegyelmet - Mercy

2. Nyitás A Kozmosz Felé - Opening To The Cosmos

3. Üst A Gríz Felett - Caldron Over The Semolina

4. Intermez? - Interplain

5. Az Eke Rosszabbik Oldalán - On The Wrong Side Of The Plow

6. Éjjeli Hús - Night Meat

7. Hegyitangó - Mountain Tango

8. Engedelmet - Your Permission

Pennsylvanian noisemakers Pissed Jeans release their fifth LP through Subpop in February. Matt Korvette and co. have been churning out their brand of post-hardcore since the mid-noughties and Why Love Now promises to continue in a similar vein.

Korvette, Brad Fry (guitar), Randy Huth (bass) and Sean McGuinness (drums) met in school and have been terrorising audiences and eardrums ever since.

No Wave legend Lydia Lunch shacked up in Philadelphia to produce Why Love Now alongside local metal legend Arthur Rizk. “I knew she wasn’t a traditional producer,” Korvette says of Lunch. “I like how she’s so cool and really intimidating. She ended up being so fucking awesome and crazy. She was super into it, constantly threatening to bend us over the bathtub. I’m not really sure what that entails, but I know she probably wasn’t joking.”

Lunch and Rizk helped to mould what Korvette has described as “the musical equivalent to watching a toilet flush.” Their last album, Honeys, was described by Musos’ Guide as “what hardcore punk sounds like in the 21st century.”

They have just released the first song from the album, ‘The Bar Is Low’. With some deliberate irony, the track sets the bar high for February’s release.

Listen to ‘The Bar Is Low’ here

The tracklisting for Why Love Now is;

1. Waiting On My Horrible Warning

2. The Bar Is Low

3. Play

4. Ignorecam

5. Cold Whip Cream

6. Love Without Emotion

7. I'm A Man

8. (Won't Tell You) My Sign

9.  It's Your Knees

10. Worldwide Marine Asset Financial Analyst

11. Have You Ever Been Furniture

12. Activia

13. Not Even Married

Order the album here