Tag: Luke Frees Singer

Punk-Adjacent Paralysis: The Sun Harmonic’s “Glory Days”.

The first listen to The Sun Harmonic’s single "Glory Days" is a jarringly familiar experience, like finding a hot-rodded engine inside your grandfather's once-sturdy grandfather clock. It’s all driving, muscular rock and roll, a glorious punk-adjacent racket built by Kaleb Hikele, Dave Skrtich, and Ian McLennan to peel the paint from the walls. Yet, nestled inside that furious momentum is a narrator stuck fast,...

A Wrong Turn? Michael Paul Brennan Asks “What Could’ve Been.”

So, Michael Paul Brennan has unveiled "What Could've Been," and let me tell you, it settled in my mind not like a catchy tune, but more like finding an unexpected, slightly melancholy letter tucked inside a dusty book. There's a grand weariness here, a sonic sigh for a society that feels like it’s misplaced its own instruction manual, and perhaps its heart. Brennan, hailing...

Luke Frees Weaving A Tapestry Of Sound And Emotion In ‘Honeycomb Hotel’

Chicago native Luke Frees plays guitar, piano, and bass, among other instruments, and writes original songs. Beginning as a solo artist in Chicago, Luke eventually...