Feeble Little Horse’s Bitknot keeps the noise-pop aftershock going

Feeble Little Horse released Bitknot on 26 May via Saddle Creek, making it one of the strongest records to carry into the 27 May digest. The Pittsburgh band’s return matters because their 2023 album Girl With Fish turned them into one of the most exciting noise-pop acts in American indie, then the band largely stepped back through canceled touring and long stretches of quiet.

That absence made Bitknot feel less like a normal album rollout and more like a reappearance from a group fans were not entirely sure they would hear from again soon. The rollout was appropriately strange and low-explanation: grainy visual teasers, little bits of new music, and a fan-circulated preview track called Poison.

Feeble Little Horse are at their best when their songs sound like beautiful things being crushed inside a laptop folder: sweet melodies, blown-out guitars, odd edits, digital crumbs and emotional bruises presented without theatrical overstatement. For 27 May, Bitknot is the obvious day-after release to keep pushing. It is a reminder that indie rock can still sound handmade, unstable and thrillingly unfinished without feeling careless. Source: https://pitchfork.com/news/feeble-little-horse-announce-new-album-bitknot-dropping-next-week ; Release guide: https://pitchfork.com/news/new-album-releases/