It’s a respectable challenge to describe Zula’s songs with anything other than abstractions: swirling, enveloping, trippy, blissful. 6 Passes feels somewhat more tangible, thanks primarily to a slight uptick in production quality; at their root, though, these are still loose journeys towards some higher state.
Splits can do many things for the artists who collaborate on them. They can give the chance to complement each other’s sound, highlight each other’s differences, or collectively explore a particular direction. On Ada Babar (Faun and a Pan Flute) and Kasra Kurt’s (Palm) Nino Tomorrow, we find two prolific musicians somehow doing all three simultaneously.
Washington, DC's Beware of the Dangers is a new project from Young Rapids' Dan Gleason and he's brought along some familiar faces for the ride. The record is billed as a "psychedelic protest record of sorts," focusing on the collective confusion and anger that stem from our current political climate.
Radiator Hospital’s delightful and vital new album Play The Songs You Like, like many of the best records, functions as a companion for aging amidst the current malaise. Beyond being an exceptional rock album, it is a deeply sentimental look at what happens in any life, from a band that has always excelled on such a minutely grandiose level.
