Between worlds and slow tempos: SMIC's The Upside (Of Losing Everything) leaves the noise behind for something quieter and heavier — a low-tempo alt-indie meditation on survival and finding solid ground. Zane Alexander's Outer Darkness Between Worlds offers lo-fi acoustic songs in French and Spanish exploring identity, migration, and belonging across cultures. Start-Track's Start The Track: Vol. VIII compiles an all-instrumental indie showcase, while Jordi Farreras' Els amics perduts weaves progressive rock, folk, and intimate songwriting into a deeply personal journey through memory and absence. ,and Others' ,Others rounds things out with noisy highschool songs recorded to stay calm through the semester.