We love it; San Francisco four-piece Aluminum deliver the awesome ‘Killing Time‘, a fuzzy psych smudged noise-pop rocket, a barrage of distortion pedal guitars and cyclical rhythms are threaded by the sneer of Gonsalves’s refrain: “You want it all / And you want me / Packaged up so politely”. She explains, “This one comes from the frustration of living within a system that sets you up for failure, always ‘not being enough’ or ‘being too much’, and all the anger, exhaustion, and pressure to comply.”
Bursting into a hooky chorus that positively seethes at the frustration of 2026 with pummeling guitars and fuzz trailed riffing, it’s a undeniable earworm of massive proportions taking its influence from Swervedriver, Catherine Wheel and SST era Dinosaur Jr yet tapping into the vein of catchiness of the likes of Wishy or Lush.
Marc Leyda says of the video for ‘Killing Time’ “We wanted to visualize the commodification of the individual alongside the endless waste put out by American society.” Director Ryann Gonsalves says, “I clean a little beach off the Bay some mornings, picking up bits of Styrofoam, lost shoes, shotgun shells, Big Gulp cups, etc. I imagined everything I picked up going through a grocery store conveyor belt and became fixated on the cycles of waste.”
Lead vocalists and songwriters Marc Leyda and Ryann Gonsalves continue to strike a balance between pop catchiness and experimental abandon while infusing these songs with spontaneity, immediacy, and post-punk tenacity. “We intended for this to be a more guitar-forward album,” notes Leyda, “so we recorded through Marshall stacks to give it a heavier feel, and to get a faster, more punkish sound that will be massive and immersive in a live setting.”
Its lifted from Aluminum’s second album “Iconoclast HaHa” out 30th October on Felte Records. “Iconoclast HaHa” shows the band leaning into their heavier instincts for their new record. The first half of the record hits hard, rocking heavy indie rock and losing any of the indie-pop elements from their previous material. Halfway through, the band switches gears and shows off their experimental side, before returning at the end to rocking yr face off. Ryann and Marc’s vocal chemcity continue to shine with all the songs having effortless give and take and hooks galore.
Band Members::
Marc Leyda – vocals, guitar, sampler
Ryann Gonsalves – vocals, bass
Austin Montanari – guitar
Rick Altieri – drums
releases October 30th, 2026
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