So I'd kinda heard of Jump The Blinds, but flaked on getting around to checking them out until a photog friend, who'd taken pictures of them play in Montreal a few weeks ago, sent me a link to their Soundcloud page. The Niagara Falls-based four-piece is new-ish, or maybe they've been around a while, but since they've only played Buffalo a handful of times, I'm gonna Christopher Columbus it and say they're new. It sounds basementy and anxious and impetuous, with angular guitar parts and alt-funk bass, and a singer who seems to have his tongue in his cheek even when he slips from a listless drawl into a scream. Like a combination of Cap'n Jazz's free-form post-punk and Orchid's urgent shout-core, mixed with the lo-fi DIY pop of Bedroomdrunk. They're playing the opening night of Infringement Fest at Nietzsche's next week; if you're into hectic, sardonic screampunk, then get into it and check them out.

(Photo courtesy Jesse Pace)