When the underground calls, answer: Kindness Inc. conjures an electro folk love that betrays death itself, while Arcane Synthetic delivers cinematic industrial abrasion and dark ambient landscapes exploring the psychological aftermath of transformation. theJLM fires a warning shot at the hyper-elite with confrontational urgency, and Darren Hayman bridges 19th and 21st centuries with warm, fuzzy guitar distortion and broken pianos adapting William Morris' socialist chants into something both hopeful and timeless.
Stars and the Underground
Echolocation Feat Hannah Berry (Talmar) - Single
Auckland-based Stars and the Underground return with a new single blending post-punk, indie rock, and shoegaze influences. RIYL: The Mission UK, The Chameleons, The Church
Darren Hayman
Chants for Socialists
Darren Hayman (Hefner / The French / New Starts) adapts William Morris' Chants for Socialists on this album of hope and comfort