“Powerlines is a haunting tapestry of indie-folk-pop that maps the distance between Brooklyn’s urban pulse and the expansive New Mexican sky, featuring reverbs recorded inside Georgia O’Keeffe’s Abi...”
From the singer-songwriter vaults, where demos become destiny: Matt DeMello's Jennifer's Appendix, Vol. 1 unearths garage rock pivots, anti-folk looseness, and GarageBand confessions from the shadow of 2014 — Paul Simon to Wolf Like Me, lovingly restored. Solid Blood's Western Sun brings math-y, dreamy, emotive post-rock indie from the Rue Defense universe, while Alexei Shishkin's Good Times captures a surrealist four-day studio escape built on loose bass lines and zero blueprints. Jack Hayter's Sucky Tart offers world-beaten balladry that Pitchfork called "weariest" and BBC 6 Music likened to "Tom Waits running amok in a second-hand music shop."
“Powerlines is a haunting tapestry of indie-folk-pop that maps the distance between Brooklyn’s urban pulse and the expansive New Mexican sky, featuring reverbs recorded inside Georgia O’Keeffe’s Abi...”
“Daisy is a soaring pop/singer-songwriter ballad intricately woven with cinematic strings, describing the complexities and bittersweet hardships of leaving a long-term relationship.”
“Pete Rafle's debut full-length album is a collection of groovy, thought-provoking songs in the tradition of Steve Earle, Jason Isbell, Nick Lowe, and Billy Bragg.”
“Jazzy singer-songwriter track about shutting yourself off from the rest of the world”
“This is a folk pop song about enjoying the limited time you have with the people around you.”