Puzzle

An often dark, sometimes synth poppy or trancey, post-punk-influenced side project from Fletcher Shears of punk revivalists the Garden, Puzzle emerged from Orange, California with a self-released demo in late 2012. A full-length debut titled That's Fine followed on Burger Records in the spring of 2013. The EP Swiing, then the LPs Pure, It's Really Whatever, About You, I'll Just Say This, Wonderful?, Sugar, and Greed all arrived before the end of the year. Deluxe, Wrecked, the 17-track Drinking Blood, the EP The Devil's Weapon, And Then Suddenly, Like Magic!, and Silver Jungle all came in 2014. A laid-back, instrumental synth pop tune, "Heaven Country," appeared in June 2015 with an album to follow. ~ Marcy Donelson