Going into her third studio album, Hannah Frances sought to create something that could be healing both to herself and to the listener. The result is Keeper of the Shepherd, a record overflowing with generosity and ambition, with Frances delving into the darkest parts of her psyche and past to try and learn to reclaim herself.
Joyer’s third studio album, Night Songs, out with Hit the North Records / Julia's War Records, has found a new skyline–the street lamps whipping by from car windows. Written primarily while on tour, the album is a sound palette of cold air clarity, infused with the big feelings of brief connections and star gazing aliveness.
Daisy Rickman is a newer voice on the British folk scene, respectfully toying with all the methods and traditions that came before her, but she’s using that foundation to explore in a unique and wholly captivating manner. Howl is the second full length, pushing her further into cultural traditions of the Cornish people and the occult.
There’s a major glow emanating from Obsession, and Tea Eater is keeping that light abuzz with a series of videos, the latest for album centerpiece, “The Taste”. Directed by Carissa Johnson, the animated lyric video captures Tea Eater’s creative and psychedelic energy, bringing Tarra Thiessen’s words to life and moving further out into the surreal.
Here in the Pitch is a natural continuation of Pratt's previous three LPs, intimate folk songs through the grandeur of a studio. If you know these previous albums then you likely can immediately sense where you will fall with these cuts. She saunters closer evermore to popular music standards, creating new refractions that welcome deep listening.
Alexander Fatato’s fourth studio record teleports you to the times when you’ve felt most vulnerable, the times you can’t help but think back to when you’re at your highest high or your lowest low. His painfully relatable and nostalgic wordplay has you bumping into your memories and past-selves with each line of his honest lyrics.
Over the years Sachet have become a mainstay on Australian louche rock pop label Tenth Court, and with good reason – they are spitting out slices of fuzzy rock gold with laser precision. So, to The Seeing Machine then, their new EP. Lani Crooks and co. seem even more confident here than ever, adding further bombast to the ebullience.
Cincinnati, Ohio, grit-pop-based quartet Vacation has mastered its garage rock and pop delivery since forming in 2009. With eight albums under their belt, the group has stayed true to their sound and has only perfected their craft with each new release, as on their ninth album, Rare Earth, due out via Feel It Records on May 3rd.
Shimmering like a mirrored ballroom Diamond Jubilee is a record of tasteful excess. Across its two-hour runtime, the album never seems to ache for the common descriptors of work of its length. This is not an album that is epic in scope, but rather a precisely and perfectly executed collection of hauntingly brilliant guitar pop.
Combining folk music sensibilities with a form of drone metal and thick lyricism that asks the listener to give their music and lyrics deep thought,.Big|Brave’s musical line was already fully developed and A Chaos of Flowers, their latest effort, takes that lineage a step further, confirming that big bravery contained in the band's name.
Nightosphere consists of Claire Hannah and Brittany Sawtelle, who exchange the responsibilities of guitar, bass, and vocals both on the record and in the live setting, along with drummer Dekota “Hop” Trogdon. The three of them called in to talk about their upcoming tour, the environment they formed in, and the general expressions in their music.
