Powerplant / Blab School

https://www.youtube.com/@powerplantxxx https://www.facebook.com/ppowerplant https://open.spotify.com/artist/6Uh9lH1RiHWp6z8t2wXZDx https://www.instagram.com/powerplantxx/ Formerly a solo project of Ukrainian Theo Zhykharyev, POWERPLANT is now a fully-membered band with Theo on guitar and vocals, supported by bass, drum, and synth (didn’t see any credits on this particular release to name them, however). Blab School is a post-punk quartet from North Carolina. Their self-titled debut LP came out on NC's Fort Lowell Records and is available on all streaming platforms. Taking philosophical cues from American post-punk bands like the Wipers and Talking Heads, also incorporating the goth-adjacent tones of bands like Joy Division and Killing Joke, and adding the often danceable and joyfully nihilistic aesthetic of 21st-century punk, Blab School makes music that is simultaneously urgent and fun, upbeat and crooked, loud and thoughtful.