STUCK - Change Is Bad LP (colour vinyl)

Includes d/l code.

Limited to 200 clear vinyl copies.

Highly recommended.

A needling and sardonic post-punk / noise rock record about time, grief, and politics. Landowner was a big influence on the songwriting, as well as Lithics and Shellac.

Equal parts atonal and contagious, Change Is Bad is caught in a cycle of time, grief, and transition, and Stuck are hitting the walls trying to stop it from spiraling out of control. To confront it, the band drew from a wide range of influences—Omni, Shellac, Landowner, video game glitches, speedrunning, and sci-fi book series Three Body Problems—that aren’t just namechecks. They’re influences you can actually hear in the music. Interweaving guitars on “Plank II” move gracefully despite their sharp edges. “Bells” barrels through machine gun drumming that never ceases fire. Wiry guitars duel for the spotlight on “Wrong Question” like they’re fighting for their lives. There’s a momentum and insight to it all that keeps you invested until the very end.

Stuck began as a side-project of Greg Obis. After touring nonstop in 2017 with indie rock band Clearance and listening to acts like Uranium Club and Frankie Broyles in the van, Obis wanted to try his hand at post-punk. The more songs he wrote, the more he realized his tracks veered off in jarring and incalculable ways.

Change Is Bad may be the first album you hear from Stuck, but it’s a record so knee deep in mental anguish, post-punk spirit, and profound sincerity that you can’t help but listen to it again.