Purling Hiss

Egg punk is a lo‑fi, synth‑laced, jittery offshoot of punk that embraces awkwardness, absurdist humor, and devolved futurism. It tends to favor short, tightly wound songs driven by springy bass, trebly guitars, cheap drum machines, and buzzing monosynths, with nasal or deadpan vocals. The sound references first‑wave new wave and Devo‑style art punk as much as it does budget garage punk, swapping macho toughness for geeky, rubbery energy. Releases are typically DIY—4‑track or cassette‑recorded—and circulate through small labels, Bandcamp, and tape trades.

Shitgaze is a deliberately lo‑fi, noise‑blasted strain of indie rock that pushes recording equipment to its limits—embracing tape hiss, clipping, blown‑out drums, and overloaded guitars as aesthetic choices rather than flaws. Coined as a tongue‑in‑cheek nod to shoegaze, the term emerged around a Columbus, Ohio–centered DIY scene whose bands favored 4‑track cassettes, cheap mics, and first‑take energy. The songs are short, hooky, and punk‑paced, but smeared with distortion and room noise, yielding a sound that is both catchy and caustic. Beyond provocation, shitgaze frames rawness as a form of honesty: immediacy over polish, texture over fidelity, and irreverent humor over studio perfection.