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’.
PFM SHOGUN: ‘Paul Bearer’
PFM SHOGUN’s ‘Paul Bearer’ arrives with its production architecture honouring hip-hop’s golden foundations while refusing to be imprisoned by nostalgia.
Brent de la Cruz: ‘TBD’
Brent de la Cruz‘s ‘TBD‘ dissolves temporal boundaries like morning fog, creating a downtempo dreamscape where San Diego skate culture collides with cinematic ambition.
Preoccupations: ‘Focus’
Canadian quartet Preoccupations‘ single ‘Focus‘ excavates the psychological terrain of insomnia and self-recrimination through a labyrinthine sonic architecture that feels both claustrophobic and expansive.
litesleeper: ‘Anubis’
Northampton trio litesleeper‘s ‘Anubis‘ emerges from the shadows like an ancient deity reborn through circuit boards, its architecture built on foundations of subterranean bass and ceremonial rhythms that command physical response.
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