Austin, TX – July, 2025 – Austin based avant-pop syndicate J’CUUZI prepares to birth their first collection of songs, aptly titled “SLUDGEcontent” on July 25, 2025.
Some might call it an EP but SLUDGEcontent is a new comprehensive appetizer sampler listening experience (CASLE). More akin to a doomscroll-themed playlist than a conventional extended play, the 5 mid-fidelity tracks of SLUDGEcontent present the freak punk collective mutating between a distorted blend of sub octave synths with brittle beats, to glam rock guitar ringing over mischievous bass melodies. Dynamic, acerbic, and aerobic: turn off your brain and turn your limited attention to SLUDGEcontent.
The songs of SLUDGEcontent bounce between sardonic musings on the woes of post-capitalist life (“How 2 Get Everything You’ve Always Wanted 4 Free (Forever)”), campy horror-infused tales of haunted vibrators (“Bad Toy”) and serpentine sex workers (“Fame by Death”), J’cuuzi paints the dread of a sudden trip to the mechanic (“Big Machine”) with the hues a Hanna-Barbara cartoon.
“J’cuuzi’s electric performances have surely contributed to their rapid rise, but their music proves equally captivating. Catchy but noisy, irreverent but ominous.” – Austin Chronicle
“…irreverent attitude and infectiously catchy lo-fi productions reminiscent of the DIY spirit of early Le Tigre.” – New Noise Magazine
“Austin’s J’cuuzi are about as avant garde as you can get.”– KUTX
Describing J’CUUZI as a band is at the very least inaccurate, or worse: incorrect. While they do deliver sweaty, electrifying live performances of high octane songs that modulate between serrated post punk guitar and pulsing electro beats, there is at almost every turn some distortion of expectation, some curve, that the word “band” lacks the range to capture.
The members, of which there are an ambiguous number, wear matching handmade couture, with bulbous anime-esque proportions and insectile features built around drag silhouettes. Their stage looks like a cheap apartment, with a dusty blue egg chair and a single guitar amp on either side of a bedazzled ironing board. Their performances, imbued with explosively manic energy and amateur acrobatics, often spill out and into the crowd. Even the songs themselves pivot between perspectives on a dime, like two tracks of a similar tempo stitched together by a particularly opportunistic DJ.
Whether you call them a band, a performing art troupe, or a drag family; J’cuuzi has set a pace of expansion and experimentation that proves there’s is an act worth watching. J’cuuzi recently graced the cover of the Austin Chronicle during SXSW 2025 and are making plans for world domination.
Visit J’CUUZI online:
Website: https://www.jcuuzi.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jcuuzi_intl/
Linktree: https://linktr.ee/jcuuzi
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Jcuuzi
Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/artist/jcuuzi/1731789575
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/6ksDpuQVzGmC11y39fISGE?si=atX-CHVmRiq1aG7MaCNp0g
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