indie underrated

Smooth sweet melancholia. Seth Mackey brings a lot of it on their new release Coming Up For Air. We hear shades of The Shins and Elliot Smith adapted with an added dirty garage indie rock spirit. We love that blend.

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Alaina May has a haunting voice that lands with an earning sensuality on her recent single Tourniquet. It retains a sense of loss and innocence. Initially dreamy sad indie folk May welcomes the second section with theatrical percission as she laments “standing in your warpath.” She finds the middle ground between Lizzie McAlpine and Boy Genius.

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Charlie Novak finds the entrancing catchy vocal spirit within a slow and brooding construct on their new single Songbird. This ones seeped and contrast and meant to pull at your most dire inclinations. That’s the magic of slowcore, you need to commit yourself completely to it or it drives you mad. Give yourself to Songbird.

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You might not speak Spanish but you can’t deny the intoxicating hypnotic essence of I’m just a girl, the new single from Lirio. The sneaky English chorus trick helps to chart an imaginary narrative full of lush fantasy. Regardless, I’m just a girl is a catchy trip hop / pop blend we can’t get enough of.

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