Single: Big Trouble – Mel 
Single: Modern Olympia – Mid Eternal Life Crisis 
Single: Ancient Channels – Hex Beat 
Single: Big Trouble – Mel
Inspired by Shel Silverstein’s book, The Giving Tree, “Mel” is about getting into activist movements, and the personal stakes involved.
Single: Modern Olympia – Mid Eternal Life Crisis
Song of the summer vibes bleed through this testament to restlessness, as Modern Olympia continue the slow rollout of songs from their upcoming debut album.
Single: Ancient Channels – Hex Beat
This Brisbane quintet have combined shoegaze textures with post-punk urgency and agitation and undeniable, unequivocal pop sensibilities to craft something compelling and refreshing.
Single: Against The Voices – Sweet Tooth
Turning toxic partners into metaphors about cavities, dentists, and toothaches, Against The Voices mix sour and sweet for a solid new indie rock single.
Single: dilute_calico98 – gravelord
The little synth twinkles added a nice touch to the wall of shoegaze guitars, and the great melodic shifts made the song so enjoyable.
Single: ok jolson – sooner or later
sooner or later drips with a sly, playful swagger, and has melodic ideas you can really sink your teeth into.
Single: Delilah Wood – of the pines
To me, “of the pines” explores attachment and blame with a tenderness that never tips into self-pity. Lines like “you must treat me kinder than other men, the ones who followed me into the wood” are vivid and specific, pulled from somewhere personal.
Single: RED RED SUN – Paper Swan
“Paper Swan” is a pretty, hazy track that opens gently before building into something emotional. West’s voice is soft on the track, and the atmospheric guitars sit behind her vocals well and add character to it.
Single: Levi Taschuk – Closed I’s
The lyricism on “Closed I’s” is special. Taschuk has a way of asking questions that carries a weight that many articles struggle to do
Single: running empty x i talk about you all the time – we don’t belong
This song combines retro synths, cassette recordings, and buried vocals to manufacture a pitch-perfect slow core anthem.
Single: eli’s ladder – Summer 3000
Lyrically, “Summer 3000” explores the fleeting nature of childhood and the desire to hold onto the imagination that once made everything feel possible.
Single: Matthew Peach – Kurt H.
Short, sweet, and hook-laden from start to finish, “Kurt H.” is built for the replay button.
Single: muuk – starfish
“starfish” is a beautiful effervescent song with a real emotional depth underneath it.
Single: Club 8 – The Sweetness of Honey
Club 8 navigates a bittersweet feeling in their lyrics so well, the way it describes a push and pull between sweetness and a bitter aftertaste, closeness and distance capture that feeling of something good slowly fading out.
Single: Hera Lind – Finsbury Park
From the first word, there is a delicate tone and a fragile character to Hera’s voice that is so captivating.
Single: Martha Hill – Granite Feet
Fingerstyle guitar unspools with the delicacy of Sufjan Stevens, while Hill’s trademark vocal presence calls to mind Marry Me-era St. Vincent in its hushed intimacy.
Single: eilonwy – piggy
A certified nighttime drive banger. It pairs well with any tunnel’s blinding fluorescent beams.
Single: The Skints – Home
The vocal melody sinks its hooks into you and pulls you in. The vocals are excellent, the rhythm is phenomenal. There are absolutely no complaints with this song.
Single: Dagwood – Time Goes By
Dagwood thrills fans ahead of their upcoming album with stellar track ‘Time Goes By’.
Album: sam hirst – Defenseless, good
Made entirely by himself, the San Francisco-based multi-instrumentalists 8th album is a fine mixture of musical ambition and impressive singular vision.
