Tag: Retrospective

Is This Us? Rubanq’s “Worldwide Dead” Forces a Hard Look.

Rubanq’s “Worldwide Dead” slides into your listening not with a bang, but with the gritty inevitability of a slowly tightening knot. Joel Patric, the Gothenburg mind behind this introspective project, isn’t serving up easy comforts. Instead, he’s crafting a heavy-hearted chronicle of our digital descent, a sort of sonic warning flare fired from a shoreline most of us are too screen-addled to even see. https://open.spotify.com/track/7EW97ayWhXaAWreULBkoOB?si=43235d208a2a4ea3 The...

Entering The Storm: Morsrot’s “Primrose Path”

Morsrot’s new single, "Primrose Path," is less a gentle stroll and more a full-body collision with a garden wall. This Maltese-via-Berlin outfit has forged a sound so thick with intent it feels architectural. The riffs are not so much played as they are built, one groaning, distorted slab at a time, creating a structure that feels both imprisoning and fiercely protective. It is the...

Stephanie Phillips Unravels ‘Retrospective’ – Folk’s Bridge Between Past And Present

The songs of Stephanie Phillips' music have a clear sense of connection to her. There is a sense of affinity in these songs as...