The Collect Pond is a Boston group led by Bellingham, Washington native Danny Moffat. Underwater Features is the second Collect Pond album, but the first Moffat has made with a full-time band (bassist/keyboardist Roger Maranan, drummer Rob Carrington, and guitarist/bassist Ben Bonadies). Moffat is a clear aficionado of underground and lo-fi indie rock of many eras: 2023 album Underwater Features is clearly influenced by 90s indie underdog popsters like Guided by Voices and Sebadoh (putting them in line with modern groups like Connections, Mythical Motors, and Smug Brothers), while also retaining a post-punk edge in places and a haziness evoking a few Flying Nun and Xpressway groups. – Rosy Overdrive, 2023
https://candlepinrecords.bandcamp.com/album/underwater-features
Perennial is an art punk three-piece from New England.
The band’s sound – built from the sharp minimalism of electric organ, guitar & drums – is a kinetic collage of mod pop, 90s post-hardcore, post-bop jazz, 60s soul, and British Invasion garage rock. Their live sets are quick, angular, and ferocious: 20 minute bursts of wild energy.