“'weird and off-putting, yet normal and welcoming'”
From fever dreams to long drives home: Avery Friedman glistens with her return single ahead of a landmark UK/EU tour, while Coma Beach's A Madman's Dream/Mind Descending fuses punk's feral bite with post-punk's cold precision in a Beckett-tinged emotional odyssey. Get Lost Cassidy Frost's The Glue is the kind of sad, lonely song you'd listen to late at night on a long drive home, drawn from the darkest and most tender corners of the heart. Barrelly Ego's Bearly Eagle offers cathartic socio-political takes, and Gutmann's Shrine delivers an organic desert rock debut exploring loneliness, memory, and not belonging — raw guitars, deep bass, and no filters.
“Smokin' Cola's first EP, released in November 2023, Quadrivium is a collection for four songs blending indie rock, alternative, psychedelic, and folk influences.”
“A witchy alt rock song decrying archaic forms of punishment, such as the ducking stool, the scold's bridle and witch burning.”
“Fans of Happy Mondays, James, The Charalatans, The Farm and Stone Roses might enjoy these tunes”
“Love, Mars is a concept album about the cycle of LOVE & CHAOS people often find themselves trapped in”