Gabby Rivers sounds like she’s already decided the mix can keep up, and she’s enjoying the fight. The production is big and gritty, and she rides over the top of ‘Bleed‘ without ever shouting to be heard. That takes nerve on a record this size, and she has it to spare.
NDNL: ‘Nunc’
There’s a particular pleasure in a dance track that lets its textures do the talking, and ‘Nunc’ is full of them.
Modern Olympia: ‘Give Up the Ghost”
Modern Olympia and Chic Chameleon have made a song built for dancing with your eyes half closed.
Morgan Morris: ‘Jesus at the Races’
‘Jesus at the Races’ is haunting in a way that feels unforced. Morris writes with a directness that makes the feeling seem unguarded, so the hurt reaches you as something you overhear rather than something you are asked to witness.
Lo Barnes: ‘Heaven Was His Name’
Patience is the whole point of ‘Heaven Was His Name’, and Lo Barnes trusts the listener to stay put for almost six minutes.
Sharon: ‘In my bedroom’
The breath is what I keep coming back to on Sharon’s ‘In my bedroom’.
Jess Kerber: ‘Tropical Storm’
Weather metaphors in song rarely feel as lived-in as they do here, where Jess Kerber transforms atmospheric turbulence into something genuinely cleansing.
Christopha: ‘Better Late Than Never’
Marathon runners know the halfway point brings both relief and renewed determination—and Christopha harnesses precisely that dual energy on his thirteenth release from ’26 Miles and Running part 2′.
Silver Man: ‘Let It Go’
Sometimes the most liberating tracks emerge from artists who’ve learnt to stop clinging so tightly to expectation.
Panpsyche: ‘The Secret One Is Hiding Is The Answer One Is Searching For…’
Riddles rarely announce themselves through song titles this brazenly, but Panpsyche’s latest offering transforms philosophical enigma into sonic exploration with startling precision.
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