First thought? It doesn’t sound like someone trying too hard, which is always a relief. It’s not that self-important throb you sometimes get with ambient. It’s... like catching the first snow after a summer that stretched on way too long. Remember those hazy August days? They feel like distant echoes now, don’t they? https://open.spotify.com/album/1tWE8Gn8bh0iIj8srA29wy?si=wNlwKXSzTNeet5-M87przg This single paints with sonic snow, and the whole picture is soft...

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....