“Is there such a thing as true love, Burn for You is simply about how far one is willing to go to have it.”
Cranking the alternative rock dial to eleven: I Ya Toyah's Closer reimagines Nine Inch Nails' iconic track as a haunting meditation on validation and digital identity, fusing industrial rock with dark electronic textures and cinematic intensity. Coma Beach's Passion/Bliss delivers a five-track fever dream straddling punk abrasion and post-punk hallucination, steeped in Beckett and Schopenhauer. Rural France's SLOTHS is their jangliest, most baroque album yet — organs, horns, mellotron and Silver Jews-esque Americana celebrating "the absurdities of getting older" while honoring their "Pavement playing Teenage Fanclub" mission statement. Publicity Department's S. Michael Brook And The Steam-Powered Trains channels the Raspberries through 90s alt-rock sensibilities — crunchy guitars, two-part harmonies, and one primal scream cutting through the jollities.
“Is there such a thing as true love, Burn for You is simply about how far one is willing to go to have it.”
“Inaugural volume of Boston Not LA compilation series! Featuring Skyjelly, Night Fruit, Jenova 7, Zip-Tie Handcuffs, Walter Sickert & The Army of Broken Toys and more”