When he’s not producing efforts for other artists, Henry Terepka been putting his focus forward a new solo project under the name Henry Grant. Following his full length debut, City Mouse, witch features from Jamell NYT and Alejandro Salazar-Dyer among others, Henry Grant returns with a new EP, Sensations, due out February 5th.
Located out of Brussels, Zach Phillips teams up with the amazing Ma Clément, who handles all the vocals with an undeniable radiance. Together the pair worked with five large ensembles (over 30 musicians both familiar and new) to create the world of God’s Trashmen Sent To Right The Mess, the year’s first essential album.
All Feels is the solo project of Candace Clement (Bunny’s A Swine, Footings, Psychic Energy). Her debut EP, Why Are You Like This?, is a departure from her other bands, instead opting for bedroom pop sound, one that’s built on meditative soundscapes and electronic rhythms. It’s futuristic pop with a minimal touch.
“Stressed,” the second single from Rochester, NY’s Comfy is a swirling, rambunctious meditation on, well, loitering around the house being stressed out by the minutiae of modernity. Switching between blissed out power pop and slightly heavier intonations, Connor Benincasa takes us through the whirlwind inside his mind.
Sarah Smith is a very gifted songwriter who releases music under the name of Hoonah. Based out of Western Mass, it’s been a long time since the last album, but Smith has been steadily working. It takes times to craft something as personal as Marram Grass, Hoonah’s new album which will be self released on January 8th.
Welcome to Pop 40 Town, baby. The sights! The sounds! The, err, more sounds! Take it all in, because we’re only here for a few short tracks, but damn are those tracks gold. Despite releasing a pair of EPs and a healthy handful of loosies this year, Nate Amos is releasing another This is Lorelei EP, co-produced by Lily Konigsberg.
With two years having passed since their debut EP, the band are set to release their first full length, Ephemeral, on January 22nd. Having shared the singles “Half Wave” and the stunning Polish written “Daleko,” the band are offering another dynamic glimpse into the album, which is available for pre-order tomorrow on Bandcamp.
While best known as the bassist for Haybaby, Sam Yield is a most accomplished songwriter. His solo music takes a very different approach, built on lush acoustics and gentle reflections, part folk, part indie, and entirely consuming. He’s an impeccable guitar player and his compositions are stunning throughout Terra Australis.
The quintet (Lucie Murphy, Sam Skinner, Mike Dvorscak, Stella Kortchmar, and Theo Munger) have recorded their full length debut but before that is unleashed into the world the band have been sharing the intimate Woods Sessions, recorded live together in a Vermont cabin this past August by Tonje Thilesen.
The Boston based garage punk collective, which features members of Blue Ray, Squitch, Brittle Brian, and many others, have released their self-titled today debut via Super Wimpy Punch. The record capitalizes on the promise of lead singles “The Chives Buy Guns” and “I’m Always Afraid,” setting the monitors constantly into the red.
“Dozer” is the perfect weird-yet-accessible peak into the world of multi-faceted LA artist Kaz Mirblouk. On Careless by Contrast, Mirblouk takes the opportunity to find his own voice by picking apart elements of a multitude of genres as he sees fit and weaving them into a kaleidoscopic vision all his own.
Three years since their last EP, Toronto’s Peeling are set to release their full length debut, Worshipper, on November 27th via Labyrinth Records. Once billed as a Canadian super-group with members of Odonis Odonis and Dilly Dally, the project has morphed into a solo effort, led by Anna Timoshenko, and they have never sounded better.
Set to release their latest full length album, Alpha Hex Index, on November 20th via Hex Records, it’s another crushing addition to the band’s stellar catalog of noise punk records that simultaneously disgust and delight. It’s loud, aggressive, and willingly irritating, and it just melts our hearts with joy in the process.
Little Ripple is the Omaha by way of Woodbine, Iowa based solo project of Ameen Wahba. Having released albums to Bandcamp at a prolific rate as well as toured as a member of Anna McClellan’s band, Staffers, and Thick Paint among others, the time has come for Wahba’s physical debut release, Kind Witness.
Horsegirl is a trio of teens combining post-punk and shoegaze in their own design. The band formed a little over a year ago and have slowly been releasing singles, each one building on the promise of what came before. They’re off to an incredible start, with fully realized songwriting that is dense and alluring, falling away from pop structures.
