Cloud Sounds #17: with Buzz Osborne, Liars, Black Pus, Rose Windows and more

On this week's Cloud Sounds, a weekly playlist of new music curated by The Skinny, we bring you a selection of the finest indie rock from Scotland and beyond, with Remember Remember, Buzz Osborne of The Melvins, aka King Buzzo, and Rose Windows. We've got a classic track from Sunny Day Real Estate; bleeding-edge rock and rap fusion from The Soft Pink Truth; hardcore punk from Black Pus; the latest from Australian electro-rock fusionists Liars; Slugabed updating Goldie's Inner City Life for 2014; and the return of disco-rap kingpin Spank Rock.

There's experimental electronica from Anticon's Odd Nosdam remixing Saroos, Dalhous remixing Bestial Mouths, and Gravenhurst remixing 9Bach; plus new tracks from seapunk survivor Ultrademon and Warp weirdo Nathan Fake; and deep textural weirdness from New Zealand drum and bass survivor Fis. Can you say 'eclectic'?

We begin with the new single from Glasgow's Remember Remember, whose eagerly-anticipated forthcoming album Forgetting The Present drops on 30 June via Mogwai's Rock Action label. Beginning life as singer and guitarist Graeme Ronald's widescreen, experimental solo project, the band slowly expanded to become a 7-piece, now settled into a 6-strong formation featuring Ronald alongside Tommy Stuart (synthesizers), Joanne Murtagh (glockenspiel and percussion), Joseph Quimby (guitars), James Swinburne (saxophone and keyboards) and Divorce / Ubre Blanca's Andy Brown (drums and percussion). We spoke exclusively to Graeme Ronald today about the band's new album today – read the interview here. The band play Glasgow's New Denistoun Parish Church on 13 June as part of the East End Social, and Liverpool's Kazimier on 27 June (the latter is a free gig).

We follow that up with some harsh, stripped bedroom punk from Black Pus, aka Brian Chippendale (Lightning Bolt). The brutal, lo-fi track is taken from the upcoming Black Pus / Oozing Wound split on Thrill Jockey, dropping on June 17. After that, it's the original mix of Pro Anti Anti by Liars – we showcased the blistering Factory Floor remix in last week's playlist, this week we bring you the propulsive, guitar-flecked original, taken from their phenomenal latest album Mess, on Mute. 

One of this week's most thrilling new tracks comes from The Soft Pink Truth, aka Drew Daniel, one half of Baltimore electronic duo Matmos. Started over a decade ago by Daniel, reportedly after Matthew Herbert made a bet he couldn't produce a house album, Daniel has brought the alias out of retirement to deliver a new album, Why Do The Heathen Rage?, for Thrill Jockey on 17 June. While the rest of the album might explore more familiar house and techno territory, first single Black Metal showcases a hyper-intense rock-rap fusion that should appeal to fans of Death Grips. 

Remember seapunk? The microgenre and visual aesthetic championed by the likes of Unicorn Kid, Zombelle and Ultrademon, and later pilfered by Azealia Banks, has faded into memory now, and going by the title of Ultrademon's (aka Fire For Effect) new track – Desert Star – it seems the producer is trying to distance himself from all things aquatic. Never mind, because the track, full of clipped rave drums and pulsing, over-clocked synths, is a belter. It's taken from new album Voidic Charms, dropping on Coral Records on 25 July. 

After that, we present a re-working of Goldie's classic Inner City Life, courtesy of Brighton-based producer Slugabed, a veteran of Planet Mu, Stuff Records and Ninja Tune, among others. His awesome remix is part of the latest compilation from Astral Black, which also features Glasgow's Inkke and Jaisu, and hip-hop beatsmith Jon Phonics. 

Baltimore's Spank Rock caused a minor sensation with his 2006 debut YoYoYoYoYo, and now, he looks like he might be returning to form, with his first track in almost 3 years. Featuring production from regular collaborators Boys Noize and Kid Kamillion, Gully drops on 20 June via Boys Noize Records. Pump the bass! Germany's Saroos get the remix treatment next from Anticon's Odd Nosdam, delivering a richly-textured slice of power ambient.

Sticking with subtly-shifting ambient, textural work, we feature a track from Tri-Angle signed beat-maker Fis –beginning his career producing leftfield drum and bass for smaller labels, the New Zealand producer has moved further and further into experimental realms – his new EP Iterations dropped earlier this week. After that, we catch up with Warp producer Nathan Fake, delivering a glittering slice of melodic, post-rcok-influenced electro, taken from their recent Bleep:10 compilation. 

Next up, LA's Bestial Mouths deliver a remix by Edinburgh-based, Blackest Ever Black-signed producer Dalhous, taken from their recent remix EP on Clan Destine Records. Dalhous is preparing to deliver a sprawling double LP for BEB, inspired by Scottish psychiatrist R.D. Laing – watch out for Will To Be Well, dropping on 30 June. Martin Hoyland and Lisa Jen's 9Bach are up next, with a remix from Warp's Gravenhurst. 

We finish with a trio of indie rock songs to start your weekend off right – first up it's Seattle's 7-piece psych-rock outfit Rose Windows, who drop There Is A Light as a single via Sub Pop on 10 June. We follow that up with a classic track, in demo form, from fellow Seattle luminaries Sunny Day Real Estate – Lipton Witch was the band's first new material in 14 years, and was released on a split 7" with Circa Survive on Record Store Day last month. It's the 20th anniversary of their debut album Diary this year, widely acknowledged as one of the seminal records in the post-hardcore, early emo movement. 

And finally, we finish off with the first solo track from Buzz Osborne of The Melvins, under the moniker King Buzzo. Ipecac will release This Machine Kills Artists, showcasing Osborne's stripped, acoustically-driven performances, on 3 June. "I recorded most of This Machine Kills Artists with my red white and blue Buck Owens American acoustic," Osborne comments. "It's a great guitar and is pretty much irreplaceable so it's staying home for tours. It's too bad really. Maybe I can paint the Chinese one I use live red white and blue! Ha!"

That wraps things up here for another week! Hear the whole playlist below, and follow The Skinny on SoundCloud to keep up to date with our favourites.