The Schisms find a looser, brighter edge on ‘I Learn To Love’
There is a restless quality to ‘I Learn To Love’ that suits The Schisms well. As the first glimpse of forthcoming EP Tejas, the track finds the Austin trio pushing towards something more immediate and less shadow-bound than the mood of their previous album Moon, while still holding onto the strangeness thatContinue Reading
Translucent Veil set the tone with ‘The Veil’
As the opening track on Translucent Veil’s self-titled album, ‘The Veil’ provides a clear introduction to the North Carolina band’s approach. Rooted in classic psychedelic and hard rock, the song draws on familiar reference points without overstating them, favouring a more natural, band-led feel. The influence of artists such asContinue Reading
Sidio makes a stylish entrance with dreamy debut single ‘Blue Jeans’
Brooklyn R&B newcomer Sidio makes an effortlessly stylish introduction with debut single ‘Blue Jeans’, turning years of internal conflict into a dreamy, richly produced first statement. Built around grooving percussion and swirling synths, the track steadily expands through layers of harmonies before tumbling into a wonderfully chaotic bridge and emphatic final chorus. ThereContinue Reading
Bloodkin reflect on loss and continuity with ‘Flowers & Ash’
After nearly four decades, Bloodkin have accumulated the kind of history that inevitably shapes any new record. Flowers & Ash arrives as the first album the Athens, Georgia band has made following the death of founding member Daniel Hutchens in 2021, and that loss forms an important part of the record’s emotionalContinue Reading
Ryan Yingst finds solace in the hard parts on ‘A Nice Neighborhood to Have Bad Habits In’
There’s something quite powerful about an artist choosing not to tidy up the difficult parts of life, and on his new release A Nice Neighborhood to Have Bad Habits In, Ryan Yingst leans fully into that instinct. The Philadelphia-based indie-folk singer-songwriter turns addiction, grief, family fracture and personal upheaval into anContinue Reading
evolution 9’s ‘Sweet Number One’ turns a lost 80s song into a power-pop revival
On their new offering ‘Sweet Number One’, evolution 9 leans into a familiar but enduring strain of guitar-led pop, drawing from British Invasion songwriting and 70s power-pop without overcomplicating the formula. Led by songwriter and keyboardist Dave Follweiler, the track is built around bright guitars, layered harmonies and a steadyContinue Reading
Gubbe turns bad ideas into big fun on ‘What Could Possibly Go Wrong?’
There’s something wonderfully refreshing about an artist refusing to overthink things, and on his new single ‘What Could Possibly Go Wrong?’, Gubbe sounds like he is having more fun than ever. The Norwegian project of songwriter Bent Olav Olsen has often explored darker corners of alternative rock, but this latestContinue Reading
Valley Taylor finds beauty in imperfection on ‘One Hundred Billion Points of Light’
There’s something especially captivating about a record that begins with simplicity and gradually grows into something far stranger than originally intended. And on his latest album One Hundred Billion Points of Light, Bay Area artist Valley Taylor takes that journey in full, transforming the bare bones of intimate home demos intoContinue Reading
Michael Cohen finds light in the wreckage on ‘Living in Dadeland’
There’s something deeply affecting about hearing an artist turn personal collapse into creative momentum, and on Living in Dadeland, Michael Cohen does exactly that. What begins as a record about love and heartbreak gradually becomes a story about memory, persistence, reinvention and the strange ways we try to make sense ofContinue Reading
“Can’t Keep a Good Man Down For Long” Completes the Emotional Arc of TRIPI’s Close to Fire
The three songs released ahead of TRIPI’s Close to Fire: Roman’s Anthology Release Part I trace a clear emotional progression. “Charlie’s Song” holds tightly to memory. “Life Without You” faces absence and release. The final single, “Can’t Keep a Good Man Down For Long,” turns toward endurance without pretending thatContinue Reading