The Brooklyn-based outfit unveils a tense and danceable record, propelled by new songs with blistering efficiency.
When Sally asks her farmer husband who has come home how his day went, Billy lets out a booming “It was bloody shite!”. Thus opens The Farm, TVOD’s second album, inspired by Animal Farm (1945) by George Orwell, a farm-dystopia in which animals revolt against their master before being subjugated by one of their own, Napoleon the pig.
So, would the grass be greener in the countryside, far from the bustle and misdeeds of urban centers? This is at least what Tyler Wright and his crew seem to imply throughout this nerve-wracking and danceable record, in the straight line from Party Time (2025). A delectable combination that makes the New York sextet one of the most exciting indie bands around at the moment.
Post-punk Groove and Eighties British Vibe
Recorded in Leeds under the guidance of Danny Blackburn of Adult DVD, The Farm kicks off at full tilt with Clorox, a punk charge led by the incendiary guitars of Denim Casimir and Serge Zbrizher, and one tastes that DIY energy that we already imagine seeping into the group’s upcoming shows on Wet Brain, Bottomless Pit or Meetings driven by the master bass of Mickaela Piccirillo.
This post-punk groove, fully embracing the eighties British vibe, fuels The Farm from start to finish and will, no doubt, help usher this new batch of rousing anthems into clubs.
The Farm (Mothland & Get Better Records). Out October 16.
