Cranking up the indie rock dial: Rural France's SLOTHS is their jangliest, most baroque album yet — organ, horns, mellotron and all — while still honouring their "Pavement playing Teenage Fanclub" mission statement. Publicity Department's S. Michael Brook And The Steam-Powered Trains delivers half an hour of crunchy guitars and two-part vocal harmonies, power-pop influences distorted through 90s alt-rock sensibilities. Ben Auld's Loserdom channels Teenage Fanclub and Weezer into blown-out power-pop, with Bach-inspired solos and layered harmonies capturing life's rocky transitions with tongue-in-cheek drama. Tim Woodruff's Lifelines rounds things out with emotionally honest alt-rock drawing from R.E.M. and Tom Petty — a heartfelt soundtrack for the beautiful, imperfect journey of being human.

Indie Rock releases

Hard To Be Human by Jacob Tell cover art

“A chronicle of the hardships, conflicts and anxieties of post-election Americans.”

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Better Butter Me Up by Air Jake cover art

“A vibrant, electrifying mix of indie-electropop, Better butter Me Up takes you on a wild ride through love, freedom, and pure psychedelic grooves.”

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