The members of the band Institute come from the frothing, feral Austin, Texas punk scene; various people in the band also play in groups like Glue, Back To Black, and Wiccans. But on their own, Institute make a nervy, irradiated sort of garage-psych. There's some 13th Floor Elevators in their sound, and some Cramps, too. The band's debut album Catharsis is coming next month, and they recorded it in a few days in New York this past December, with the Men's Ben Greenberg producing. Parquet Courts' Andrew Savage guests on one song. Below, listen to the slashing, stumbling "Cheerlessness."
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Catharsis is out 6/9 on Sacred Bones.
