Gospel Claws & Kinch are each celebrating SXSW 2011 with the release of new singles!

With the release of their debut LP C-L-A-W-S in October 2010, Phoenix natives, Gospel Claws had enough soul to spread their “gospel” and enough raw energy to still be called “claws.”

They headed back to the studio last month to record a new single I Can, I Will, which will be released digitally on 1st March.

Download Gospel Claws – I Can, I Will mp3 (from I Can, I Will Single)

Kinch — also Phoenix natives—  write sharp, angular rock songs that burrow into the listener’s ear and refuse to leave, while at the same time penning songs full of warmth, maybe a little bit of naiveté, and — dare we say? — even a touch of earnestness.

Their newest recording is an eleven song album called The Incandenza, which, true to the band’s bookish roots, is named after the family in David Foster Wallace’s Infinite Jest, which helped serve as the album’s inspiration. They promise they’re not trying to be pretentious on purpose; it just happens sometimes when you name your band after a character from Ulysses.

Once, I Was a Mainsail, is the first track made available off of The Incandenza. It should be listened to loudly.

Download Kinch – Once I Was A Mainsail mp3 (from The Incandenza)