Off Contact

Off Contact is a sort of "jack of all trades, master of none" sonic assembly drawing influence from anywhere and everywhere imaginable. It sounds like... eh, what do we know we just write the music. Here's what they're saying:

"perfect balance of post-punk and post hardcore ... sounds like it could easily be from a Wire recording, combined with the strong structures of Fugazi. Elements of shoegaze and jazz filter through occasionally, allowing for shifts in tempo and weight" - Seth McBurney (Maximum Rock and Roll)

"Call it shoegaze, post-punk, art rock and all would be relevant but what Off Contact does well is blend all these influences and labeled sounds into a big pre roll for you to puff on and enter the world of dreamscapes, fluffy angels floating on clouds, with flashing lights sending electric pulses in Grand Mal fashion" - Christopher D (Scene Point Blank)

"Post Punk you can trip out to" - Aaron Rhodes (Shuttlecock Magazine)

"conjure up distortion curtains almost like Jesus and Mary Chain once did and rely on this fascinating way of creating a manic driving beat using bass and drums" - Joachim Hiller (Ox Fanzine)

"Waves of curated tension ala My Bloody Valentine and Sonic Youth" - Scene Point Blank

"basically everything you can put between Television, Mission of Burma and Protomartyr" - SKX (Perte and Fracas)


"an album that demands uninterrupted listening, immersing the audience in a world of ethereal beauty, anchored by the finest properties of post-punk, art-punk, goth rock, indie, and shoegaze. Creates a sound that is both familiar and refreshingly unique" - Djordje Miladinvíc (Thoughts, Words Action)”

"kicking up a similar cloud of dust as The Gun Club, Shame, The Birthday Party, and Iceage, and while those are some lofty comparisons, Off Contact could at least hold their own with the best of 'em. Proud to say I can now name at least one cool post-punk band out of Sioux Falls, SD" - Matt Korvette (Yellow Green Red Blog)