The Wednesday Watch is Orestes P. Xistos’ weekly column. We do not agree with its views on York’s delicious pastry, the fat rascal, but Orestes owns a Switch 2 and might give us a chance to play Mario Kart World.

Hullo, hullo, hullo, chavs and chavettes, it is I, Orestes P. Xistos, free again to reply-guy my way on twitter, deciding unilaterally whatever I want to blog about. I’d like to thank the higher ups at this Shithole of a Website (TM) for their space…but them lazy fucks lost my mobile phone.

Have you read the lovely reviews that we’ve given out this week? This one is for Echodrone. This other one is for Alan Sparhawk. Both enjoyable albums.

Anyhoo, reviews…

Hey, it’s Wot Gorilla?! Not back as pogs, but with ‘Very good, Daniel!’ another high-adrenaline rocker track that’s full of noodling (the good type, not canoodling that gets you fired) and that guitar squealin’ we all love. Their most recent single is ‘Doomscrolling’, a proggy number that dropkicks you with a belter of an opening verse “Approaching my fourth decade / But my head’s stuck in the second / It is not that obvious / What I should focus on”. Their new album, Where did all the time go?, is coming up real soon, and the 8 year drought is finally over.

Moving Mountains’ music always felt like a relief balm. A cut, a bruise, a rather odd looking wound from a scrapped knee. You name it. If there’s a pain, you’ll get some soothing relief with their music and the deliciously breezy ‘Ghosts’, from their recent album Pruning of the lower limbs (out now on Wax Bodega). If you want something peppier to see how Moving Mountains deftly jumps genres, may I suggest ‘Snow on Norris Street‘. Fill yer boots!

It’s the end of July, but the moment has been prepared for. Flock of Dimes ropes out the acoustic, paired with a soothing lap steel, for ‘Long after midnight’, the newest track from her upcoming album, The life you save. Breezy 70s pop, lost through the airwaves, reflected on the crowns of the white alders and ficus trees landscaping a place that only exists in your head. The life you save is out on October 10th on SubPop Records. Preorder here.

It’s a bap, sir. Or a cob. Or even a bun*. The pernicious pandering of popular parlance of protein-less provisions MUST BE STOPPED. Now seriously, Everly Pregnant Brothers, still riffing on classic songs, imbuing them with a Yorkshire spirituality, self-released Never mind the ukes here’s the brothers, and the delightful ‘Breadcake (not a roll)’ takes on ABBA. Kieran Wardle’s vocals are magnificent. You can buy their album here.

*The lyrics said to call it what I want if I’m not from here.

Hey. It’s Superchunk. It’s peppy, it’s a vertiginous, dizzy trip through all photo albums that you purposedly left empty, because, dang it if you’re gonna get stuck in the past. Instead get ‘stuck in a dream’. Songs in the key of Yikes is out August 22nd, on Merge Records. Pre-order.

Oh my god ist das das berümte Cowtown? Mon dieu! Well, this one came out last year but I don’t care, I like it so much I gotta recommend it. ‘Thru being Zuul’ states how much the energetic Cowtown hasn’t lost their touch after 8 years in the cooler. The Devo-meets-Kele Okereke background locks elbows with Hillary Knot‘s vocals. The album is called Fear of…, it’s out on Gringo Records, get it here.

Intense. That’s the adjective I thought of the first time I witnessed Water from your eyes last year at Pitchfork Festival (RIP) and ‘Life signs’ is an indicator, nay, a warning, that they don’t plan to stop. Chaotic, infectious, dancey enough to weave while headbanging. Video goes into Star Trek ‘The Deadly Years’/X-files ‘Dod Calm’ and I’m all for it. It’s a beautiful place unleashes on August 22nd, on Matador Records. Pre-order aquí merito.

And that’s it!

No, really, I don’t have any books, tv, film or anything related to recommend this week. I’m busy, living on a van down by the river. Yes. “On”. Because I lent my keys to some motivational speaker and he’s gone to the other side. How long, how loooong will I slide into references?

Sod it. Love y’all. See ya next wednesday. Stay safe.

Orestes “The P is for Preacher” P. Xistos.