Christmas Eve isn’t the most popular day of the year to release a new album, but do you think a nihilist really gives a fuck? With a middle finger to making it in time for end-of-year lists or even anyone’s listening rotation, Oakland post-punk duo Vague Lanes—Mike Cadoo (Gridlock, Bitcrush) and Badger McInnes (Here We Burn, After the Apex)—released Foundation and Divergence, a full-length album of languid guitar lines, slogging drum machines, and only the most morose singing. If you’re looking for a little sunshine to perk you up from these grey rainy days, you’ll have to look elsewhere, my friend.
