“a journey through contrasting themes of society adapting to normalcy”
Reverb-drenched and emotionally raw: Stars and the Underground conjure ethereal post-punk heights on "Echolocation," featuring Hannah Berry's ghostly vocals over Auckland-born dark synthwave atmospherics. David Von Beahm gets deeply introspective on Half Life, his most guitar-driven record yet — a meditation on mortality, choices, and the blurred edges of mid-life. Everybody's Naive finds bittersweet beauty in aimless dusk walks on The Walk Back Always Took Longer, while 44Magnum repurposes teenage tape manipulations and 90s recordings into something hauntingly personal. The City Gates and immortal ebt loom large in the shadows. Stay gentle.