Straw Man Army Announce New Album True North: Hear “Striking Home”
Straw Man Army are taking quite the sonic detour with True North, stripping back all that psychedelic post-punk grandeur for an entirely acoustic approach. After completing their trilogy with Earthworks, it's intriguing to see them pivot so dramatically, especially when they've been so good at building those krautrock-influenced epics. For Cledvibes Radio listeners who appreciate artists willing to challenge themselves and their audience, this feels like exactly the kind of bold move worth paying attention to. If they can channel half the conceptual ambition into an acoustic setting, True North could be something genuinely special.
From Stereogum: New York duo Straw Man Army make an extremely cool form of psychedelic post-punk, investing their records with krautrock dynamics and vast concepts. Two years ago, Straw Man Army released Earthworks, the final album in a trilogy that began with their 2020 debut Age Of Exile. Today, they announce True North, a different kind of concept album. This time around, they're going all-acoustic. The post S…
