“For 20 years, the unsung, absolute pioneer of the current jangly, lofi power-pop movement...”
Cranking up the fuzz and the feels: Mythical Motors marks twenty years of pioneering crushed lo-fi power-pop with a sprawling double album from the unsung architect of the whole movement, while Space Jaguar broadens and refines their jangly power-pop on Every Room Is An Escape Room, weaving in fuzzed-out alt-country and heartbroken indie folk. Victims of the New Math takes jangly alt lo-fi pop deep into gloriously unruly territory, refusing to conform to anyone else's song structure, and Ben Auld channels Teenage Fanclub, Weezer and Tony Molina into Loserdom — layered harmonies, Bach-inspired guitar solos and tongue-in-cheek drama compressed under three minutes a track. Power Burkas offer their raw, reckless self-titled snapshot — boundless youthful energy fuelled by the urge to speak out.
“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...”