TROUGH SIGNS WITH PSYCHED! RECORDS
Meet Trough—an Oakland, CA force field, originally formed in 2017, now officially joining the Psyched! Records family. They call what they do “jangle-skronk,” and the name fits: bright, chiming fragments collide with bent-metal riffs and sudden left turns, stitching melody to abrasion until the sparks feel like part of the song. It’s rock music that raids every cupboard—proto- and post-punk, no-wave, noise rock, avant-garde, free jazz, and pocket-size pop—then serves it as succinct narratives with a peculiar, defeatist sense of humor. Listen to […]
