After a few years of stripped down mixes of Bread’s icy melodies over noodling acoustic guitars, it’s so cool to hear Portland’s Trash Bike record something with a full band. The band has evolved from a state of demos and serious potential, to a teaser of what a full album of this vibe could be… Elliot Smith meets Cap’n Jazz… this is some real Pitchfork bait. Also you can tell Bread’s been watching reruns of The OC, because the “Welcome to Portland b*tch” is clearly a bite from the famous “Welcome to OC b*tch” and I love that for GP.
Bracing post-hardcore meets festival-ready rock on the Tokyo band's sharp new EP, mixed and mastered by Will Yip (Turnstile, Title Fight). Bandcamp New & Notable Feb 8, 2024