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Washington DC-based indie punks BRNDA are back with their new album Total Pain. The album’s got some nice press, including Bandcamp’s Essential Releases, a profile in Washington City Paper, and a thorough review on WRGW’s blog. As with their debut Do You Like Salt, the group recorded with Justin Moyer at White Oak Studio in DC, and I mixed & mastered the album at Studio Windows in Brooklyn. The new record stretches way further out, however, with wild clarinet & flute parts, shades of electronics, and a wider range of song styles. If you liked the first one, you’ll love this one. If you didn’t hear the first one, but are looking for some catchy weirdness, check it out! Total Pain is out now on Crafted Sounds.

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My group P.E. returns for our third & final album Oh! The album was announced with the lead single “Color Coordinator”, featuring Eleanor Friedberger (of the Fiery Furnaces). The track was featured on Stereogum, Brooklyn Vegan, Treble and more, and it was included it on Brooklyn Vegan’s Favorite Songs of the Week, Sacred Bones’ Now Playing, and Gimme Tinnitus Songs of the Summer playlists. Oh! was recorded in fits and spurts over the past few years (with most of the work done in 2022-2023), features an expanded line-up from our original quintet – along with Eleanor on “Color Coordinator”, Nick Campolo performs on and helped write many of the songs. In addition to co-writing and performing on these songs, I recorded much of it, and mixed & mastered the album earlier this year at Studio Windows. This album feels like a wonderful snapshot of the songs we were writing since The Leather Lemon, a handful of which we performed around the Northeast in 2023. Massive thanks to our longtime label Wharf Cat Records for putting this out into the world! Oh! is out October 3 on limited edition vinyl, with special and deluxe editions available as well.

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DC-area art-punk quartet BRNDA are back with “Peach Pit”, the first song and lead single from their sophomore album Total Pain. Bandcamp listed it in their “New and Notable” releases (“The DC band bring a more somber outlook to their latest LP, but their synth-tinged art punk remains upbeat and catchy”) and Austin Town Hall gave the track a great review. As with their first album Do You Like Salt?, Total Pain was recorded by Justin Moyer at White Oak Studios (DC), and I mixed & mastered the album at Studio Windows (NYC). I was excited to be able to work with the group again, and I love how they’ve expanded and experimented with their sound on this one – it’s a fun one! Total Pain is out on LP, CD, cassette & digital on September 12 via Crafted Sounds.

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NYC rockers Native Sun are back with “Squash”, their second single on the newly launched TODO Music. Magnet Magazine premiered the song & video – writing that the track “neatly encapsulates the New York City quartet’s arty, melodic take on classic punk and garage rock” – with Flood, Dork, and It’s Psychedelic Baby picking up the release as well. The band recorded the basic tracks with Jeremy Snyder (Pure Adult) at Studio G; I worked with the band on production, vocals & overdubs, and mixing at Studio Windows; and Joe LaPorta mastered the song at Sterling Sound. This track came an incredibly long way from where it started, and I love where it ended up! “Squash” is out now on TODO Music.

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Altars – the sophomore record by NYC singer-songwriter Adam Lytle – is out now. The press has been lavish in its praise – “extremely well-written tales of darkness” (Americana UK), “[a] unique and mystical world” (Purculture), “8.5/10” (Maximum Volume) – and Adam sat for an in-depth interview with Chorus.fm. We recorded the basic tracking live with his band (Cameron Kapoor- electric guitar, William Logan- drums, Kevin Copeland- bass) at Figure 8 last spring, with Adam laying down his vocals and acoustic guitar at his studio, before reconvening at Studio Windows to layer additional electric guitar & keys by Oli Deakin (Lowpines), synth & piano by me, percussion by Mauro Refosco (David Byrne, Jessica Pratt) and harmony vocals by Kristina Moore (Kolezanka, Foyer Red). I mixed & mastered the album at Studio Windows. It’s always a pleasure to work with Adam (this was our fourth time working together), and the amount of openness and trust that he gave his band and me made this one extra special.  Altars is out now on limited edition vinyl and all streaming services – definitely check it out!

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NYC’s Native Sun are back with the banger “I Need Nothing”. Flood Magazine premiered the track, calling it “grooving psych-rock”, and God Is In The TV says “the single pulsates with a confident swagger”. I produced this track with the band, which came about when I asked them if they had any “groovers”… we recorded the rhythm section and stone-cold vocals over a beat by Jeremy Snyder (Pure Adult), with layers of wild guitars & synth slathered on top. Joe LaPorta mastered the track at Sterling Sound, and it’s one of the first releases on the brand new TODO Records. Check out the video below, and snag the track on Bandcamp.

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gut ccheck – the sophomore album by singer/movement artist Kinlaw – is out now on Bayonet Records. I’m such a fan of Sarah’s voice & work, it was a pleasure to help produce this record alongside a dream team of collaborators: Carlos Hernandez & Tony Selzer (co-writing/production), my studio partner Jake Aron (vocal production), the one & only David Wrench (mixing) and Shawn Hatfield (mastering). Sarah and I spent the time at Studio Windows to dig deep into these songs & arrangements, shifting and re-working some parts, layering synths & samples on others, and working out a series of interludes of the album and live performance. It’s truly fantastic – highly recommended! Listen to the record and pre-order the book (!!!) on Bandcamp, and check out the Interview Magazine feature Kinlaw did with Jae Mathews (Boy Harsher).

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“Black Masses” is the newest single from NYC songwriter Adam Lytle, from his sophomore solo album Altars. Northern Transmissions listed it as “Song Of The Day” and Post-Punk shared its gonzo 16mm video by Douglas K Horton alongside an interview with Adam. While this is the second record under Adam’s name, it’s the fourth record he & I have worked on together (dating back to Wild Leaves and Quicksilver Daydream), and it was a delight to dig as deep as we did here. The album (and this song in particular) shows both the songwriting chops that Adam has developed, as well as his openness to collaborative experimentation across the record. We recorded this song live with his band at Figure 8 (Cameron Kapoor- electric guitar, William Logan- drums, Kevin Copeland- bass), with additional synth & piano by me and harmony vocals by Kristina Moore before I mixed & mastered the album at Studio Windows. I had a blast playing on and shaping this album with Adam, and it’s some of his best work yet. Altars is out May 2.

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NYC singer/performance artist Kinlaw is back with the new single “Hard Cut”. The song was written & produced with Carlos Hernandez, with vocal production by my studio partner Jake Aron (who produced & mixed Kinlaw’s excellent debut The Tipping Scale). I worked with Sarah at Studio Windows to shape the arrangements of this song at the rest of the record, adding synths, samples & fx under the guise of “additional production”. The album was mixed by David Wrench (Caribou, the XX, Blur), and mastered by Shawn Hatfield. Sarah is an incredible singer & performer, and I’ve loved her solo work as Kinlaw as well as her previous projects, so I leapt at the chance to work with her to fully realize this record. “Hard Cut” is the perfect introduction to the new LP – it’s as adventurous and exciting as the album. “Hard Cut” is out now, and the album gut ccheck is out March 21 via Bayonet Records.

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Stuck In My Head – the new live-in-studio album by the Fiery Furnaces – is out now! These songs were recorded live in a single day at Figure 8 Recording by Katie Von Schleicher and Nate Mendelsohn with the touring band in 2021: Eleanor on vocals, Matthew on various synths and sequencers, Noah Hecht and Cameron Wisch both on drums, Brian Betancourt on bass guitar, and Emily Lee on keyboards. I worked with Eleanor and Matt to edit, mix, and master these songs earlier this year. If you’ve never seen the Fiery Furnaces live (it’s been a while), the group radically shifts and rearranges the songs into sometimes unrecognizable shapes, often in the form of extended medleys. I loved this band in their initial run and saw them numerous times over the years, so it was a delight to work with them on this record! Stuck In My Head is available now exclusively on Bandcamp.