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GRUNGETRAP - the new album from Brooklyn, New York’s joshua G - is a sharp and succinct album of undeniable bangers. The sound, as promised, alchemizes grunge’s distorted guitars and dark melodies with trap influenced, heavy-on-the-808 beats. Nirvana’s “Something in the Way” and Stone Temple Pilots’ “Creep” get a 2026 infused makeover, careening between head nodding, acoustic guitar laden-grooves and floor shaking mayhem. Original song “Doomscroller” sounds like a nineties indie chart topper, while lyrically serving up an anthem of social commentary on our phone obsessed culture.

While not the first beat-making producer, singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist of our tech-assisted age, it’s joshua G’s aesthetic that is so different - layering past and current genres with a sound that is both retro and futuristic. Materializing from this Pro Tools opus, G emotively sings, wails, and spits his signature vocals right in the pocket, with a raw, unvarnished finish influenced by heroes like Iggy, PJ Harvey, Wu-Tang, Bauhaus, Patti Smith, Mobb Deep, Gil-Scott Heron, Bowie and more. “Guilty,” the only strictly acoustic offering on the album, is a live take recorded straight into the Voice Memo app; with G expressing the guilt he feels as bombs rain down on innocent civilians across the globe.

GRUNGETRAP sounds like this exact moment, simultaneously looking back and forward, while defiantly choosing humanity, fun, guitars, and beats in the face of geopolitical, AI induced armageddon. (GRUNGETRAP cover art by Paul Dammer)