Austin, TX based Dadaist punks J’cuuzi return with a fury on “Advance/Decline”, taking both their sonic and emotional intensities to new heights. Vocalist Gorge Bones runs the entirety of her dynamic gamut, channeling such influences as Bjork and Sleigh Bells in her heavily effected vocals to probe the systemic pain and inherent power of feminine rage.
The instrumentation is J’cuuzi’s heaviest yet: A dramatic bass synth melody pulses to the rhythm of cavernous industrial percussion, haunted by a rotating ensemble of mangled guitars, detuned organs, and stabbing electronic noise. On “Advance/Decline”, J’cuuzi aims for catharsis— because every crash out needs something to turn up.
“Advance/Decline” is the first single from J’cuuzi’s forthcoming EP Recession Indicator, which follows on the heels of 2025’s acclaimed SLUDGEcontent EP. The Austin Chronicle raved “J’cuuzi’s electric performances have surely contributed to their rapid rise, but their music proves equally captivating. Catchy but noisy, irreverent but ominous”. Both EPs will be available together on 12” vinyl via Spaceflight Records.
About J’cuuzi
Describing J’cuuzi as a band is at the very least inaccurate, or worse: incorrect. While they deliver electrifying, borderline acrobatic live performances of high octane, glitchy songs that modulate between serrated post punk guitar and pulsing electro beats, there is a shocking theatricality to them that the word “band” lacks the range to capture. The members wear handmade couture, with bulbous anime-esque proportions and insectile features sewn into drag silhouettes. They often perform while stacked on top of each other, or hoisted over each other’s heads. Their stage is set like a cheap studio apartment: a spinning blue egg chair and a stack of guitar amps sit on either side of a bedazzled ironing board, from which a spinning disco ball hangs.
Since their inception in February 2024, J’cuuzi’s ferocity has earned them opening slots for acts like Viagra Boys, Stereolab, Tune-Yards, Shannon and the Clams, Upchuck, Snooper, and Warmduscher; and landed them on the cover of The Austin Chronicle, as KUTX’s Artist Of The Month, and with nominations for “Best New Act”, “Best Music Video”, and “Best Rock Band” in the Austin Music Awards. In July 2025 the group self-released their debut EP SLUDGEcontent, along with a drone-shot music video featuring the lead single performed live from the back of a moving box truck.
Whether you call them a band, a performance art troupe, or a fashion house; J’cuuzi has set a pace of expansion and experimentation that proves theirs is an act worth watching.
Featured image by Preston Rolls.
SOURCE: Official Bio
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https://music.apple.com/us/artist/jcuuzi/1731789575
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