Dig into this week’s Saturday Alternative playlist! The Fitting Room album was Popular Manipulations by The Districts, out now on Fat Possum.
Lititz, PA band The Districts released their sophomore album, A Flourish And A Spoil, in 2015. An album of gritty, catchy, high energy rockers. The band was fresh out of high school, but their songwriting chops might’ve had you thinking otherwise. This time around, they’ve returned to indie producer extraordinaire John Congleton to make an album that delivers the same intensity as before, but as singer and guitarist Rob Grote said when he visited TMD earlier this year, one that isn’t afraid to hold back. Perhaps a sign of musical maturity. Allowing the lows to make the highs that much more impactful. That technique works, and with the added effect of Congleton’s studio wizardry, and songs full of emotion, Popular Manipulations is an album with plenty to offer. The Districts are a young band that has fully come into their own.
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Into the Night – Death by Unga Bunga
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Gross Secret – Partner – In Search of Lost Time
Can You Deal? – Bleached – Can You Deal?
Creature Comfort – Arcade Fire – Everything Now
I Took Your Picture – Cults – Offering
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Fire in Cairo – Luna – A Sentimental Education
Anna, Lisa Calls – Happyness – Write In
Temporary Gold – EZTV – High in Place
Avalon – The White Buffalo – Darkest Darks, Lightest Lights
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The Spider and Me (feat. Mild High Club) – King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard – Sketches of Brunswick East
Crawl – Gabriel Garson-Montano – Jardin
Sunrise (Always Comes Around) (feat. Leila Moss) – UNKLE – The Road, Pt. 1
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Pain – The War On Drugs – A Deeper Understanding
Shark Smile – Big Thief – Capacity
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Moonshine Freeze – This Is the Kit – Moonshine Freeze
Porcelain – Shout Out Louds – Ease My Mind
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Trouble – Frankie Rose – Cage Tropical
Word – Lowly – Heba
Watching From A Distance – David Ramirez – We’re Not Going Anywhere
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Farewell – The Flying Eyes – Burning of the Season
Finally – Cymbals Eat Guitars – Pretty Years
Do I Have to Talk You Into – Spoon – Hot Thoughts
Can’t Do – Everything Everything – A Fever Dream
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War Is Coming (If You Want It) – Car Seat Headrest
Better Off – Clap Your Hands Say Yeah – The Tourist
Three Rings – Grizzly Bear – Painted Ruins
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Can’t Get It Out – Brand New – Science Fiction
Lighterless – Microwave – Much Love
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Roller Coaster – A Giant Dog – Toy
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True Lies – Alex Cameron – Forced Witness
Hazy – Sarah Bethe Nelson – Oh, Evolution
Mind Hijacker’s Curse – Chad VanGaalen – Light Information
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—FITING ROOM—
If Before I Wake – The Districts – Popular Manipulations
Point – The Districts – Popular Manipulations
Fat Kiddo – The Districts – Popular Manipulations
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Is It Real? – together PANGEA – Bulls and Roosters
Currency – The Black Angels – Death Song
Dirty Water – Low Cut Connie
The Sky Is A Neighborhood – Foo Fighters – Concrete and Gold
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The May Queen – Robert Plant – Carry Fire