Album: Bayonne – Filters 
Single: secret sibling – abducted (by aliens) 
Single: Sky Is Alright – Summer In Galt 
Album: Bayonne – Filters
This certainly has medicinal qualities, because this is an album of pure electronic-pop perfection that will take you on a journey through loss, grief, hope and happiness.
Single: secret sibling – abducted (by aliens)
Strange chords and spacey sounds wrap around a voice that feels like it’s right next to you. A weird and beautiful little trip of a song.
Single: Sky Is Alright – Summer In Galt
The first new single in five years from the transatlantic shoegaze group marks the persistence of grief, how it compounds, and how it fixes itself in real-life locations.
Single: The Swell – Heathlands
The Swell creates a deeply atmospheric and relatable dream pop experience with ‘Heathlands’, wrapping introspection in warm, hazy guitars.
Single: Wolfschmidt – Svalbard
Change is scary, even when you know it’s coming. On “Svalbard”, Wolfschmidt bottles that shaky in between feelings with drums that won’t let up, guitars that sound like they’re falling apart on purpose, and a voice trying to cut through the noise.
Single: Greg Gobel – Balcony
Less than a minute long, this charming, lo-fi, alt-folky ditty manages to conjure an awful lot from very little.
Single: Moonheart – Take a Trip
Like gazing at an old photograph, finding stories in every crease and faded detail, “take a trip” really does take you on a journey – a journey to somewhere beautiful.
EP: ELROD – Alchemy Practice (Tapes)
Raw, messy, unpredictable and undeniably human, ELROD’s “Alchemy Practice (Tapes)” is a refreshing change from the ever-encroaching reach of AI.
Single: Cloudbelly – Oh, Antarctica!
As a resident of the wonderful land of Massachusetts, I am legally obligated to freak
Single: Strep – Staring Blankly Demo
You shouldn’t ignore a case of strep throat, and you certainly shouldn’t ignore this North Bay alternative band’s fantastic first track.
Single: D.L. Forrest – Can’t Sleep (ft. Runner)
As I get older, I find myself exploring different genres and drifting more and more
Single: Dalmatia – Dive In
Lyrically, the track is interesting, especially the line “Ear to ear now / Like a seashell”.
EP: Mary’s White Lie – Stable of Stone
The new EP from the Orlando group will scratch the itch of any shoegaze fun with its perfectly crafted ambience and surprising twists on its own songs.
Album: Ancient Channels – Static Spirit
If things feel like they are falling down the drain and threatening to take you with it, Static Spirit may be the album for you.
EP: Tom Coward – Have a Word With Yourself
In the span of five songs, Tom Coward derides, decides, decries, and derives whatever he can from the world and its residents on his debut EP, Have a Word With Yourself, which in and of itself is a mockery of a parental reprimand reconfigured to be self-appointed as a message to anybody who listens to the songs: have a word with yourself. Confront and admonish yourself.
Single: Stegonaute – Constellation
What begins as a lone piano quickly evolves into a stunning composition of ambient sound and instrumental rumination in Stegonaute’s latest single, “Constellation.”
Single: starbelliedbug – crayola car
Combining dense layers of guitars with a hazy lo-fi approach to production, “Crayola” introduces the band through a sound both massive and intimate.
EP: Nikolay Pashkovets – Childhood Dreams
The new ambient EP from Russian composer Pashkovets is nostalgic for those looking back on happier times, and inspiring for those hoping for happiness.
Single: Marsh Davis – She Still Cries For You
Infusing traditional Americana with elements of contemporary garage and soul, this summery new track puts the genre’s inherent nostalgia to work.
Single: Beatrice Beatrice – Aquella Persona
From one dismally caliginous room in Santiago, Chile to wherever you are, Beatrice Beatrice sends their love and this song to keep you company.
