Spend Time with Altai
Tessa Collins is a relatively new voice out of Australia, working under the moniker Altai. We’ve covered quite a few of the singles, but today we’ve got one final tune to celebrate the release of All At Once, the debut EP from the songwriter. This new single highlights the strengths in her songwriting, offering glimpses of what was ornate and detailed, then letting those rise in the studio into huge pop masterpieces. Her gentle whisper on the tune below, accompanied by twinkling guitar notes, perfectly highlight that closeness she shares with the audience, though the production hints at huge pop swells that you’ll welcome in your listening rotation. All At Once is available below, so you can stream all of that HERE.

What a week of fun tunes! I was really stoked with some of the stuff we were able to premiere on our end, such as new jams from Lola Tried and Giant Day, not to mention that incredible Morwan track all the way from Ukraine. If you haven’t checked any of those out, well, wait no more and click below. You’ll also find the best of indiepop with brand new songs from Telephone Numbers and the Cords. I was happy to hear some new music from Mary Onettes, as they’ve long been one of my go to listens. Plus, there’s never a bad day for Stella Donnelly, dropping us a preview of her new album. Don’t be afraid to let us know what you loved!
If you just look at last week’s collection in our Album Streams post, you can see it was certainly a busy week out there; there were no fewer than six albums that I adored, whether it was new Gotobeds or High Water Marks or Artificial Go, there was plenty to browse through. But, that was just the albums, and didn’t even cover the great music that popped up on the single side of things. I mean, there was new Jeanines, Ryli, Lightheaded and Whitneys Playland...all of which should have you cranking up your speakers. Some good Austin (and adjacent love) for acts like Little Mazarn, San Gabriel, Gustave Ochoa and Adrian Quesada, so doing our part on the local scene. There’s just too much good stuff out there, thus, you’re required to press play and space out for an hour.