For days now, Scott Evil has been haunting my mind, so be warned. They’re a grungegaze band from Cologne, Germany (named after the character from the Austin Powers films), featuring Farina Lang (vocals), Till Mülheims (guitars, backing vocals), Rene Meffert (guitars, backing vocals), Tibor Kricsfalussy (bass,) and Philipp Koronowski (drums). The eleven original songs on their debut full-length Big Dipper shift between bright, jangly daydream pop with angelic vocals, and dark, heavy shoegaze with emo screams.

It’s a slow-burning emotional arc built from communal DIY ethos, late-night riffs, and existential drift, both playful and painful. The lyrics range from barroom chaos (Cop Cab, my favorite track here) and falling in love (Seize My Head) to nostalgic mixtape-making (Pizzazz) and watching Twin Peaks (which makes total sense, in Happening Again), exhaling a feel both massive and intimately cracked open. How do I get these creative outbursts out of my head?

Big Dipper—recorded by Felix Margraf—is out now digitally, on CD and on vinyl LP, trough Spinda Records and Backpack Records.

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