Houston-based psych-rock duo The Shrubs return with "Let Us In", a frantically catchy single that basically sugarcoats a societal breakdown in layers of infectious fuzz. https://open.spotify.com/album/4DHZnz49JHoaX6Ce0uAdd6?si=xvATg3GHRyS6lHn1pLjiNw Miguel and Sophie have a fascinating knack for dragging fifty-year-old analog reel-to-reels and gritty cassettes into modern digital landscapes. Here, they have engineered a massive, heavily distorted wall of sound that races forward with a sweaty, desperate urgency. You catch...

The UK-based collaborative duo Night Wolf dropped their new single "Unstoppable" today. This cinematic release seamlessly merges the talents of its two members, pairing the expansive, story-first sound design of producer and engineer Night Wolf with the intimately unguarded vocals of Norfolk singer-songwriter Lois Powell. https://open.spotify.com/track/2tDtfTmnzSfLVza4OOC5JH?si=ec644ccc84d1412e I often find it bizarre how stubbornly we lug our internal damage around, guarding a dormant kind of sadness like...