Album: Final Days Society – You Can
A post-rock, indie, shoegaze fusion, the ambitious new album from the Swedish rockers is a sprawling, audible adventure. This is music at its most powerful.
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Single: Crab – Twinkle
A cacophonous noise and a shot in the arm: “Twinkle” is an audible odyssey that won’t be easily forgotten.
Single: Hockitay – Buttons
Hockitay’s second single sounds combines many influences, yet the resulting work feels — ironically — quite unlike anything else.
EP: Pagodas – Bean Burger
An assortment of styles is on display here – from wonky indie pop to slowcore to 60s garage sounds – and all are filtered through a very distinctive lens.
Single: My Best Unbeaten Brother – The All Encompassing Need To Say Goodbye
With a considered musical motif that’s present – more or less – throughout the entirety of the song – this distinctive, compelling, captivating stuff.
Single: Stellar Ruins – Sunless
Drenched in fuzz, this is a sonically adventurous rock n roll smorgasbord that touches on alt-rock, nu-metal, grunge, shoegaze, and more.
Single: Borders Of Nothing – The Life We Knew
An intriguing juxtaposition of styles, The Life We Knew is ragged and wild but at the same time, undeniably majestic and graceful.
Single: Sheffer Stephens – Wild Country
With classic-feeling, Stonesy guitar tones and a Lou Reed-esque laconic, languid drawl, Nashville-based songwriter Sheffer
EP: mikey – first notes
The new EP from the alt-pop duo bubbles throughout. A tense, reserved, piece of work that pulsates right through with soft synths and ethereal majesty.
Single: Chip Pirrs – Yellow From Green
A genre-fluid patchwork of sonic adventure and bold decision making, Yellow From Green is eminently enchanting and instantly mesmerising.
Single: Picture Postcard – Wherever You’re Meant To Be
A beautiful beast of a track, the new one from this Dublin quartet is a powerful, meandering shoegazey journey of a song.
Single: Frog Fortress – Hardcore Band
A snotty, snarky punky song with it’s tongue firmly in cheek, “Hardcore Band” is a high-octane brainstorm of a song built around juxtaposition and dreams.
Single: Oh Doom! – How To Destroy Anything
Back with another methodical post-rock behemoth that’s more mantra than mere song, Oh Doom! are a force to be reckoned with.
Single: Mono Mochi – Cats
Folky and foreboding, the new tune from this Swiss quintet is a change of pace. Quietly beautiful and subtly mesmeric, it’s an off-kilter treat.
Single: Chi & Me x Peli Gene – Before You Were
Jangly and propulsive, the debut single from Chi & Me is a bit of a journey, but one that’s well worth going on.
Single: Thomas Prothero – Quiet Life
A song of two halves comprised of analogue warmth, creamy guitars, pulsating synths and a surprise explosion, Prothero has outdone himself yet again.
Single: lazybed – acquaintance
Macau-based songwriter Richard Winstanley channels assorted rock greats on the debut single from his new DIY lo-fi project.
Single: Cult Caves – Tiny Figures
From little acorns of tragedy has grown this big beautiful indie tree. Full of emotion and earnestness, this is an incredibly touching tribute.
Album: Adiós Ghost – Happy House
Entirely live-tracked, the second album from the Brooklyn “power disco” quartet is full of immaculate vibes and impressive musicianship.
Album: Vilde – Qualia At Odds
Dreamy synths, glittering guitars and woozy electronic textures combine to make an evocative album full of gentle off-kilter lullabies.