The Test Press
The Test Press
Podcast Description
Host Brylan May talks with guests (and sometimes to himself) about favorite albums, the creative process, the cultural trends and landscape, and all things music! Sometimes they even play games and argue about bands and artists they will never actually meet. New episodes biweekly!
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Content Themes
The podcast explores themes related to music discovery, creative songwriting, and cultural commentary. For example, episodes may include discussions about favorite albums, like those of My Chemical Romance, and insights into recent projects of guests such as Oliver Chavez, focusing on indie and post-hardcore music.
Host Brylan May talks with guests (and sometimes to himself) about favorite albums, the creative process, the cultural trends and landscape, and all things music! Sometimes they even play games and argue about bands and artists they will never actually meet. New episodes biweekly!
It often takes bands a while to find their footing and to sound cohesive. When I heard this episode’s guests play, I had assumed they were a band for a long time: their timing was impeccable, their on-stage chemistry was undeniable, and the songs just plain ripped. During this interview, I found out bloodsugar (not a typo, the band’s name is stylized as all lower case) is, I believe, the youngest musical act ever on The Test Press in terms of inception date. Being a band only since February of 2025, the 4-piece has already exploded on the Northern California Alternative Rock scene, putting out 3 singles, a few YouTube covers, and smashing stages all over the Golden State. The songs they play on those stages are refreshingly raw and sometimes even brutal (I almost feel bad for the guy frontwoman Lys Lourdes singings about in “holden caulfield (civil war)”). If bloodsugar has made it this far in less than a year, I have no doubt they will take over the world by 2027.
In this episode, Brylan sits down with Lys, Joe, Christian and Jordan of bloodsugar to discuss their first year being a band, their songwriting process, and some of the crazy real life stories that have inspired those songs. The band also discuss their influences, their favorite My Chemical Romance albums, and the secrets to their biting guitar tone. Later, the group tries to figure out whose insane stories belong to who in the second edition of the fan favorite Test Press game. Finally, Brylan and the band break down two of their songs: the scathing “holden caulfield (civil war)” and the sweet and determined “let me be your man”.
There’s the perfect “conditions” to watch this one!
Stream bloodsugar’s Music!
Apple Music – https://music.apple.com/us/artist/bloodsugar/1796948802
Spotify – https://open.spotify.com/artist/40wius24wDQUVfs8S640Cw
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Songs used in this episode:
holden caulfield (civil war) – bloodsugar
let me be your man – bloodsugar
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