West Yorkshire’s Lomens have arrived with their striking debut EP, "Surely Not?", immediately derailing the standard expectations for a band formed as recently as August 2024. Handling everything from writing to mastering inside their personal studio, they have crafted a release that sounds dangerously volatile. They broadly bill it as alternative rock, but it frequently weaponizes drum-and-bass textures, creeping electronic noise, and surprisingly agile...

A Masterclass in Musical Mourning Transforms Personal Loss into Universal Catharsis "Fare Thee Well" Larry Karpenko comes as a surprise, like a handmade letter tucked inside a library book: personal, frighteningly clear. This album is an elegy for Sharlene, a missionary, mother, and friend who died at age 43 of cancer. It does not just mourn; it breaks down loss with the care of an artist...