Tag: Owen Young drops Painted Flowers

Shape of Water’s “Last Goodbye”: Grief You Can Dance To?

Shape of Water drops their single "Last Goodbye," and it hits like walking into a brightly lit kitchen the morning after a furious argument – everything’s superficially tidy, the chrome gleaming, but the air itself feels bruised, humming with absence. This electronic art rock outfit from Manchester, featuring Rossano Capriotti handling vocals, bass, and keys with Luca De Falco on guitar/backing vocals and Tom...

ALIEN FRIEND’s “Sing-Along Songs”: Happy Tunes, Hidden Dread

Well, this is a bouncy little slice of existential dread, isn’t it? Arn-Identified Flying Objects and Alien Friends, stepping out from his REDMOON duties, wraps up a deep discomfort in the shiniest power-pop paper, adding a jagged punk ribbon and just a dusting of folk’s earnestness. “Sing-Along Songs” struts in with a deceptive grin, all upbeat guitars and a melody that genuinely wants you...

Owen Young’s “Painted Flowers”: Blooming Where the Heart is Thrown

Owen Young, a mind steeped in the harmonies of law and fine art, unfurls “These Painted Flowers,” an EP blooming with the thorny beauty...