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...

Glass Rabbit make the pressure audible on “Damn Shame”. The new single begins with intimacy, then gives that closeness somewhere to go: into a heavier, noise-driven finale earned by the tension before it. “Damn Shame” places the Portland quartet at the intersection of dream pop, shoegaze and noise rock, examining shame, repeated behaviour and conflicting emotions. Becky Phillips leads on vocals and bass; Scott Crawford contributes...