They may all be from the same few blocks, playing the same circuits, but their sounds traverse many realms. Together, the 16 tracks on Get Your Rond Out!—all by different groups—complete a near-thorough survey of Kingston-area bands, snapshotting the scene in its current hyperactive state. Be it the dulcet vocal harmonies of the Grackles; the charming aloofness of bands like Sweet Harm and Wygalator (see the latter’s “I Totaled the Duster); the pastoral indie machinations of Hush Woods; or Dauber, Doug Stoley, and Dead Unicorn’s waves of grunge, fuzz, and emo, the album plucks standout tracks from the groups.
There’s also Overheard, the back-row sonic doodlers of the compilation, contributing one of the quieter tracks on the compilation: “Boxes,” with its orchestral, circling introspection. The masterful arranging of A Whole Nother is represented on their track “Cell Division.” The spiky, smash-everything punk of TV Sleep can be heard on “The Flickering.” The glitchy, broken beats of Midnight Dental on “You Take My Air” make for a perfect closer, echoing like a gig you struggle to remember, one where you had to be there.
The album was released by the New Jersey-born label Dromedary Records, which has found a home in Kingston and practically become the one-stop shop for any indie music involving a guitar. An overall theme of the album is one of maximalism: eschewing any understatement and letting the pot boil gloriously over. And making music beneath the mid-Hudson Valley’s somewhat big sky, our somewhat big mountains, are these very cool bands.
This article appears in July 2026.
