Norwegian band GISKE shared their new single "August Came" today, and the music instantly triggers that highly specific, slightly panicked realization that summer is already decaying even as you stand in the afternoon sun. https://open.spotify.com/track/6kH1Q940HqJU58unxSTO04?si=78c697a4b2cd40b1 The group consisting of former Margarets members Alex Rinde, Rune Berg, and Ronnie MAG Larsen draws heavy inspiration from their namesake, a small island where isolation is an unavoidable geographic reality....

Bethel Island singer-songwriter and producer Carl Kammeyer has shared a brand new track today; the upbeat but emotionally heavy synth-pop single "Since You Been Gone". Created from the intimacy of his home studio, the song taps directly into the confused, buzzing wreckage of a sudden breakup. https://open.spotify.com/track/3azLEBkEg3KBXf5E2kIp0S?si=67128b5ac4734270 He takes a fascinatingly bittersweet approach to loss. You immediately get hit by a bright, steady, and pulsating progression....