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Whitney’s Playland Share Mercy Single

February 23, 2023 nathan.lankford Leave a comment

There’s something rad going on with the craft of Whitney’s Playland; they feel like they’re channeling elements of 90s radio rock, a la Elastica or Breeders, but in that, they’ve updated it to make it a bit more current. I like the fuzzed out riffs, almost drowned out by the strength of the vocal performance. Something in the execution or presentation feels effortlessly cool, so I’ll feel like I’m just transported back to my teenage life, acting like I’m the next incarnation of Jordan Catalano (though I was more Dicky Barrett). If you’re looking for cool, it’s here, so be sure to grab Sunset Sea Breeze via Paisley Shirt Records/Meritorio Records.

<a href="https://whitneysplayland.bandcamp.com/album/sunset-sea-breeze">Sunset Sea Breeze by Whitney’s Playland</a>

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Active Child Give Us Something New

March 13, 2015 RayRay One comment

Active Child has always had this weird place in my musical psyche, though I’m not sure where that place is, something about the music just hits a chord with me. Today yet another tune just hit the internet called “1999” and I find myself entranced all over again. The song is a hushed beauty, an ode to a loved one, that should evoke some major feeling in all of us. Can’t say enough good things about this one.

Active Child has a new album in the works entitled Mercy due out in June on Vagrant.

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