Tag: indie rock
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Spectreview: Beach Vacation – I Fell Apart
Seattle's Beach Vacation merges indie rock and Swedish pop sensibilities into a recursively-nostalgic debut album.
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Spectreview: Mamalarky – Mamalarky
LA-based Mamalarky burst right out of the gate with a confident self-titled debut that crosses psychedelic textures with prog and jazz.
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Spectreview: Peach Kelli Pop – Lucky Star [EP]
Peach Kelli Pop delivers a benevolent punch of breezy, comforting indie rock in her new Lucky Star EP.
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Spectreview: Floating Rooms – Tired and True [EP]
Maya Stoner articulates her exhaustion over five stellar indie songs in Floating Room’s self-explanatory Tired and True.
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Spectreview: Oceanator – Things I Never Said
Elise Okusami fills her debut LP under Oceanator with simply-crafted songs lined with striking lyrics and delivered with a bracing honesty.
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Spectreview: Shamir – Shamir
Seven albums into his career, Shamir Bailey cements himself as a mercurial pop artist with a confident self-titled record.
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Spectreview: No Joy – Motherhood
No Joy’s first record in five years adds a seemingly boundless, boundary-less approach to the project’s fleet-footed shoegaze.
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Spectreview: Thank You, I’m Sorry – I’m Glad We’re Friends
The redemptive, full-throttle indie-emo rock of Thank You, I’m Sorry’s second LP feels like an ideal version of the Minneapolis act.
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NON-PROFIT MUSIC FOR THE PROTESTS: Bitch Fits – Invitation to Love
Bitch Fits’ sophomore record, a stellar mixture of heartfelt longing and righteous excoriation, is a huge step up for the Seattle four-piece.
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Spectreview: Jeff Rosenstock – NO DREAM
Jeff Rosenstock’s surprise followup to 2018’s excellent POST- grapples with the aftermath of the aftermath, and it may be his rawest, most alive album yet.