'Right in Front of You' Vinyl

'Right in Front of You' (2020) is a perfect title for the new album by San Francisco’s Brand New Trash. The album is a brash, visceral expression of universal longing, but with an eye toward the inevitable conclusion that whatever you seek is endlessly abundant, as long as you take the time to embrace it. Throughout this nostalgic road trip past broken hearts, lost teenage optimism, and ever-receding memories of home, the band examines the kind of molecular-level yearning every soul wrestles with over the course of a meaningful life. What makes the album singular and downright rousing is that all that longing is couched in joyful, uplifting, often show-stopping stick-to-your-ribs rock. This is no wallow, but a bouncy exclamation of living on that edge of feeling, written and produced by artists who know that the highs and lows of life are inextricably linked. And Brand New Trash manages to concoct a sonic stew of tunes that give you all the high highs and the low lows you could ever need.