With no preamble, Save Some Happiness by A Mess bursts out into its hook at the start and fizzles out in the same way at the end. The song also begins and ends with the same command: save some happiness for yourself. It is almost like this message, over a patter of chimes from the buoyant guitars and a steady backing from the percussion, acts as a sudden disruption in your day to remind you to be kinder to yourself then scurries off.
In just 12 minutes, Harry Heart demonstrates his wicked ability to deliver a less-is-more EP against the temptatious over-production devils. With its four distinct songs, Poor Ballet is a minimalist indie chill pop triumph.
“Feathers” captures falling in love early on, when everything still feels new and a little unreal; that feeling comes through clearly in the bright and dreamy sound.
Lana Leone’s new song “Starshine” doesn’t try to hide its edges, and that’s what makes it
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.
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.
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.
The Swell creates a deeply atmospheric and relatable dream pop experience with ‘Heathlands’, wrapping introspection in warm, hazy guitars.
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.
Less than a minute long, this charming, lo-fi, alt-folky ditty manages to conjure an awful lot from very little.
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.
Raw, messy, unpredictable and undeniably human, ELROD’s “Alchemy Practice (Tapes)” is a refreshing change from the ever-encroaching reach of AI.
As a resident of the wonderful land of Massachusetts, I am legally obligated to freak
You shouldn’t ignore a case of strep throat, and you certainly shouldn’t ignore this North Bay alternative band’s fantastic first track.
As I get older, I find myself exploring different genres and drifting more and more
Lyrically, the track is interesting, especially the line “Ear to ear now / Like a seashell”.
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