“...the most impressive aspect of the album, however, is Cashell’s ability to balance sunny nostalgia with listless melancholy.”
Hooks, fuzz, and jangly heart on full display: Baby Combat delivers fuzzy, hook-led jangly post-punk with nervous energy across a brilliant 2-disc collection, while enigmatic duo Hidden Eyes finally surface with a stunning double album of noise-pop and jangly indie gems. Zenxith keeps the lo-fi indie-pop conveyor belt gloriously rolling with his deeply personal 20th album, all tambourines, stacked guitars, and depressive charm. Barrelly Ego offers a cathartic socio-political EP with acoustic warmth, and Andrew Thomas crafts a retro-flavored, Joni-meets-Wonder neighborhood reverie.
“...the most impressive aspect of the album, however, is Cashell’s ability to balance sunny nostalgia with listless melancholy.”
“With the expanded sonic palette provided by his new bandmates, Wales has created a vibrant, emotionally resonant record that manages to feel both fresh and familiar.”
“Brooklyn-based Indie artist Avery Friedman issues glistening return single ahead of first UK/EU tour”
“'80s cultish jangly indie-pop how the 60s would have done it, spliced with lofi modernity!'”
“The allegorical donkey in the lion's skin, but it's a bear that wants to be an eagle that wants to be a bear... who cried wolf.”
“A retro-flavored ode to finding the seeds of a larger life in the small things that surround you.”