From the deliriously groovy chops of Ed Schrader’s Music Beat to the long awaited return of San Francisco’s Young Prisms, here is all of the new noise you may have missed from this week.

Guerilla Toss – Famously Alive (Sub Pop Records)

Coming from noise rock roots, Guerilla Toss have built themselves into an aggressively avant-garde art rock outfit that consistently push boundaries. Famously Alive shows the band embracing pop music in an exciting way. It’s the bright, vivid, in -your-face kind of pop that’s equally joyous and strange.

This is a record that shows what years of hard work, refinement, and sound building can achieve. You will be awestruck listening to this record. There really isn’t a moment that fails to bring every ounce of energy.

Famously Alive is out on Sub Pop Records.

Find out more about Guerilla Toss here.

Ed Schrader’s Music Beat – Nightclub Daydreaming (Carpark Records)

Nightclub Daydreaming is a very different record if you are familiar with any of Ed Schrader’s Music Beat’s earlier discography. The heavy, post-punk weirdness of the Baltimore duos’ earlier work is traded here for a more danceable sound. This record embraces the groovy vibe of ’80’s new wave while still keeping some of the eccentricity.

The record, despite the heavy influence of new wave, is at times very gloomy. “Hamburg” is perhaps the best example of this. Somewhere between Scott Walker and David Bowie, it’s certainly a ballad for the ages. Don’t miss out on this one!

Nightclub Daydreaming is out on Carpark Records.

Find out more about Ed Schrader’s Music Beat here.

Bellows – Next of Kin (Topshelf Records)

Next of Kin takes indie-folk and alt-country to the next level. Besides the beautiful performances and wonderful songwriting up and down this record it plays and experiments with the genres in a totally unique way.

You’ll find moments, like the opening of “No One Want to Be Without a Person to Love” where vocal samples are spammed into a somehow extremely catchy vocal harmony. This is the perfect record to move into spring with.

Next of Kin is out on Topshelf Records.

Find out more about Bellows here.

Young Prisms – Drifter (Fire Talk)

In the earlier part of the 2010s, Young Prisms released two fantastic records before the project being put on hold. As many things go in life sometimes it takes a decade to rediscover the things you’ve already started, and here a decade later Young Prisms have released a fantastic follow up.

Drifter picks up right where the band’s previous releases left off. The combination of shoegaze, pop, and indie meld together into this spacey and melancholically beautiful sound. You have to listen to this record to really understand its passive beauty, so don’t skip it.

Drifter is out on Fire Talk Records.

Find out more about Young Prisms here.

Ex-Void – Bigger Than Before (Don Giovanni Records)

With just an EP under their belt Ex-Void have officially burst onto the scene with their debut record. For those unfamiliar with the group, Ex-Void is comprised of former members of the Welsh pop band Joanna Gruesome.

Their sound isn’t quite pop or punk, but certainly not pop punk. With a seemingly unending supply of quality songwriting chops this record blasts through its runtime through sheer will.

Bigger Than Before is out on Don Giovanni Records.

Find out more about Ex-Void here.