Souvenir Driver – Spin
This is Souvenir Driver. We’re never far from passages of beauty. Lyrically, Nate Wey hangs a world view that encourages trust, and engages with wonder.
Isasa – Insilio
Justin Wright – Music For Staying Warm
But there are surprises, many of them, in this album. Justin Wright sets out challenges and reassurances. He requests engagement at a higher level.
CHAI – Fashionista
Japanese quartet CHAI have just announced their sophomore album. The follow-up to their debut album Pink will be called Punk. It will be released on March 15th via Burger Records. For those unfamiliar with CHAI, the band have a particular approach to the sugared world of kawaii culture. Their first album offered a tongue-in-cheek excursion through the cute…
Sophie Strauss – I Was
‘I Was’ is a beautiful track. Here the song is given a beautiful visual, and Strauss enters the new year with unique momentum.
You Can Sing Me Anything: A Tribute to 69 Love Songs
‘You Can Sing Me Anything: A Tribute To 69 Love Songs’ should remain in heavy rotation at every after-party, and after-after-party for a very long time.
JR Slayer – Half Lyfe
A straight-from-the-box drum machine tempo, loosened at the edges, and a pulse-strum acoustic guitar. Immediately disarming, ‘Half Lyfe’ – the second track we’ve heard from JR Slayer’s upcoming album You Found Me – lands like a measure of easy intimacy. Reflective, and confessional by turns ‘Half Lyfe’ displays the strengths of JR Slayer’s work. A project of…
Sofa City Sweetheart – Stop The Thinking
Sofa City Sweetheart shows that yes, there is sorrow, but at the limit of that emotion comes acceptance, and a sense of relief and pleasure.
Christian Alexander – summer ’17
summer ’17 is a truly remarkable album that should be celebrated for the possibilities that it represents
Magic Potion – Endless Graffiti
With ‘Endless Graffiti’ Magic Potion offer a strong picture of themsleves. They offer an authentic voice of the other; compelling as it is listenable.