Vie Jester’s new EP, ‘Masquerade’, presents itself like a costume box found in an attic that smells faintly of ozone and old, ambitious blueprints. This Los Angeles trio, typically weavers of their own heavy, harmonious rock tapestries laced with esoteric concerns, have opted for a different kind of unveiling: they’re trying on other people's clothes. https://open.spotify.com/album/0grUBCwpcgdKF29lBxWmLR?si=RTUUi7H3SC2oUUHu0TdHig A covers EP can be a curious beast. Here, Vie...

Parked Outside forces us directly into the deep, uncomfortable dimensions of our own subconscious with their new original single, "Whispers of 1000 Dreams Ago". Operating out of Los Angeles and Houston, former "Six Days Off" bandmates Chris Kinkade and Slayden Clarkson have reunited here alongside Mike Brown and Brett Busch. https://open.spotify.com/track/0DZP6D0x3uTL3dqygJ14n7?si=254589c6eff54943 Together, they conjure a bizarre and highly potent atmospheric mutation. The track begins brooding and heavily...