Soek – “We Were Taller Then”
Soek is the outlet for composer Grant Borland when he steps away from briefs and trailer work and writes for himself. Under his own name he scores ads, films and TV, but with Soek he pares things down to piano, a few electronic touches, and live strings from players in Croatia, giving him a small…
Bastion’s Wake – Go Tell the Bees
Bastion’s Wake come out of Delaware with a mix that doesn’t quite sit in one lane: part melodic death, part doom, part symphonic metal, all built around Sami’s vocal and Ray’s guitar writing. What started as a duo playing with programmed backlines has grown into a full band, but the songs still feel like they…
Nicolas Zappa – ^]x*Ð’Ý{-
Nicolas Zappa makes electronic music that feels closer to a mood study than a set of tracks. Working alone in his home studio, he writes, performs, and processes everything himself, pulling from years of listening to Reznor, Eno, Vangelis and the rest. His previous work scoring the horror film Rauma, 1968 already showed he could…
Misteriseparli – Mondo Exotico
Misteriseparli make electronic music that feels like it started with a film scene first and the chords second. The duo’s work has always leaned toward mood over genre rules, and Mondo Exotico pushes that even further, treating each of its six tracks like a short, self-contained story. “Big Tail” opens on seagulls and shoreline noise…
Katherine Christie Evans – “Lucente Stella (Shining Star)”
Katherine Christie Evans works alone but thinks big. The Romford born, queer, nonbinary producer and sound engineer writes, sings, records and mixes everything herself, pulling ideas from Medieval and Renaissance music, IDM, shoegaze and alt rock. “Lucente Stella” might be her clearest statement of that mix so far, a love song pulled out of a…
A.D.A.M. Music Project – “They Are Here”
A.D.A.M. Music Project build songs the way some studios build game worlds. The collective, led by Adam DeGraide with long-time collaborator Dameon Aranda, writes rock tracks around characters and settings pulled from classic and modern video games. Different singers step in depending on the story. On “They Are Here,” that role belongs to Lacy Saunders,…
Steel & Velvet – People Just Float
Steel & Velvet build their world from very simple tools: one deep voice, two guitars, and a lot of air around them. Formed by singer Johann Le Roux and guitarist Romuald Ballet-Baz and later joined by Jean-Alain Larreur, they treat American folk and rock standards like campfire stories told in a stone chapel. Everything is…
Billy Bobak – Billy Wakes Up
Billy Bobak writes like someone catching memories in real time. Based in London and holding down a full-time job as a doctor, he’s building a parallel life as a songwriter, folding classic British alt-rock DNA into something more loose, personal, and slightly crooked at the edges. Billy Wakes Up is his first full-length, the opening…
Sharon Ruchman – From the Heart
Sharon Ruchman has been writing for piano and strings for years, but From the Heart marks the first time she’s narrowed the frame to just violin and piano for a full release. It’s a focused setup that suits her writing. She comes from a classical background: New England Conservatory, Yale – and her work often…
Eyal Erlich – Live at Levontin #2
Eyal Erlich has been building his name through shows and a writing style that stays close to the way he plays: direct, plainspoken, and shaped around the voice. The Levontin #2 session shows him with his band: Omer Hershman on electric guitar, Adi Gigi on bass, Barak Kram on drums, running through four songs. “All…
