Oslo haunting post punks THE UPTIGHTS share top 10 inspirations; first album in ten years streaming!

Ten years have passed since THE UPTIGHTS’ debut cassette, At the Wörthersee Hotel, first surfaced online. The sad and eerie tape sounded like little else, owing as much to books and old radio/TV vignettes as to indie guitar music. Now Oslo’s unsung lo-fi heroes are back. Their new album “It is for them that the lights twinkle” features 10 hanting, melancholic and experimental post-punk tracks recorded to cassette, and is out today! Their first album in ten years ranges from explosions of noise and upbeat punk energy to soothing drones and hushed acoustic strums. We’re thrilled to give you its full listen and special top 10 inspirations feature below! Taking its name from Lewis Mumford’s The Culture of Cities (1938), IIFTTTLT revolves loosely around isolation and the city ...

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