This is not a story of a haunted house; it is instead about the haunted self. The ghosts that live on your tongue, behind your eyes, and wrapped around your sullen limbs. You are haunting yourself. This album’s musical landscape stalks closer and closer to you until it is close enough for you to realize it was never chasing you; it was nudging you toward this epiphany: you are haunting yourself.
If you follow his lead and close your eyes and close the blinds while listening- the subtle electric guitar and piano come in and transport you to this lonely empty room
“DWY” treats the end of the world like a love song,with loud drums, hopeful guitars, and a vocal delay that makes it feel like it’s echoing out from the middle of the collapse itself.
A triumphant debut, this is one of the most richly diverse and entertaining albums I’ve heard this year.
San Gabriel, a musical project of Texas’s James Bookert, delivers a song expressing a man’s adoration for someone he loves.
With a perfect, succinct title for what it wants to evoke, If I… by Sluggg is a drawling consideration of what you wish you had, starting with the obtainable and then abruptly entering the unattainable over a slow crawl of a bedroom pop production.
The song immediately throws the listener into the deep end, the guitar and drums exploding out the gate.
‘Guarantor’ by Fight Cloud unfolded in a way I didn’t expect – the calm opening does not prepare you for the heightened emotions that erupt as it progresses.
Is That Weed Wrapped In A Wendy’s Napkin? has bright sounding instrumentals, beaming vocals, and lyrics that paint a picture of existential crisis and a yearning to escape
Making Habits does a fantastic job of shining the light of awareness on these almost self-destructive patterns (or habits) we can fall into as people craving change and progress, highlighting the lack of follow-through that would ultimately lead us to who or where we want to be
The Phoenix riot grrrl group explores the highs and lows of life – love, pain, and rage – on their exhilarating debut EP.
A cute little song about a pet snake with no known gender turns into something surprisingly intimate with warm guitars and close, breathy vocals carrying way more feeling than the subject suggests.
it unfolds beautifully beneath the familiar blue glow of a platform that feels both outdated and impossible to escape at the same time.
Surprise! The LA nine-piece ska band’s new single shows off their evolution of sound and their ability to tell stories through the diversity in their songwriting.
Mexican-style ska, reggae, and Latino pop blend together in this new single from Los Domingueros, featuring Brittany Luna of Catbite on vocals.
An easy song to skank to – and very melodic and full – from a three-piece band out of Toronto.
‘You’re Gonna Ruin Me’ is such a gorgeous blend of dreamy indie-folk and hazy dream-pop that you’ll gladly go down with the ship.
“Faded” floats somewhere between sleep and memory, chasing something it already knows it can’t reach.
An absolute rush of emotion about disillusionment, disassociation, and – of course – grief results in 13 new bangers on Milk St.’s ripping third album.
This song has mentions of “tomorrow” and points to the future as its salvation, optimistic with a dash or two of naivety.
Album: Andrew Van Lennox – Collected Ghost Stories 
Single: W. Y. Huang – Afraid To Go Outside 
Single: Albert Hertz – DWY 
