“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.”
Hooks, heartbreak, and jangle to spare: Hamlet delivers a vibrant, emotionally resonant record echoing Big Star's power-pop with fresh band energy and chiming, melancholic introspection, while Rural France serve up their jangliest, most baroque outing yet — organ, horns and mellotron wrapped in a "Pavement playing Teenage Fanclub" mission statement. Publicity Department bring crunchy guitars and two-part vocal harmonies, power-pop influences distorted through 90s alt-rock sensibilities, and Sorry Monks evoke the golden age of guitar-pop across 12 songs — Mamas and Papas meets Between The Buttons Stones — without veering into pastiche. Indie Dog Days of Xmas Vol. 3 rounds things out with a festive blast of power-pop, alt-rock and dark folk from Audio Mirage Studios.
“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.”
“For 20 years, the unsung, absolute pioneer of the current jangly, lofi power-pop movement...”
“Power Burkas in their primal, primitive state. Raw, direct, and brimming with a vitality driven by the urge to speak out.”
“RF release their jangliest, most baroque and thoughtful album yet, but maintain 'Pavement playing Teenage Fanclub” mission statement”
“Crunchy guitars and two-part vocal harmonies; power pop influences distorted through 90s alt rock sensibilities.”
“Recorded between March & June 2026, Grass Is Greener is a collection of 12 songs that evoke the golden age of guitar-pop without veering into pastiche.”
“Thomas Young and his Victims of the New Math project take us deep into the heart of jangly alt. lo-fi pop with his permanent sense of originality...”
“'Every Room Is An Escape Room' both broadens and refines the jangly power pop of the trio’s debut, If You Play Expect To Pay, stripping the sound back to its basic elements while introducing some f...”