Gottlieb – “Reject Nostalgia”
In a sweat soaked, frenetic call to arms to look forward and not back, Gottlieb implores us to “Reject Nostalgia” – their latest track. An LA based punk rock group, Gottlieb proclaims this as their first track with a new lineup (really taking their rejection of nostalgia as far as possible). Leading with a strong thumping bass line that only gets a short rest in this three minute jam, the rest is shrill guitars and singers Andrew Hornyak and Dylan Marquez yell singing at us. I don’t know enough about the band to say who is who, but they sound like if Parquet Courts decided to go full punk and (a huge compliment btw, I love Parquet Courts). The chorus is oddly prescient of the times we live in with late stage capitalism is trying to kill us and everything seems to be a remake, a repackaging, or another Marvel[...]