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Quivers Return with Apparition + Announce Oyster Cuts

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Really excited for our friends in Quivers who release a new single today, courtesy of their new home Merge Records. The last time we heard from the outfit, they were brandishing striking pop rock via their album Golden Doubt, but it seems like they’ve aimed to top themselves this go round, pumping out bigger riffs and even bigger melodies. They employ group harmonies on the vocals, often overlapping, which vaguely reminds me of the New Pornographers at their most joyous moments; it’s an infectious feel that bleeds right through the speakers with a huge stomp that catches you up in its charms. Little bit of swagger and a whole lot of fun; looking for more good stuff from the band as the year continues; they release their new album Oyster Cuts on August 9th!

Kelley Stoltz Shares About Time

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Something about this new single from Kelley Stoltz has me in my feelings today. You can hear something in the general feel of the guitars that almost feels like an old Mazzy Star tune; it has that cliche blanketing warmth to it, begging you to just spin your own chrysalis. Stoltz voice, as always, has that familiarity, yet keeps this sort of shadowy sensation as it lurks within the innards of the track, mesmerizing the listener as it pulls you in close. La Fleur is shaping up quite nicely; it drops on June 7th via Dandy Boy Records.

Ichiwawa Share Short Stories

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Somewhere between the land of Elvis Depressedly and Elf Power lives the work of Ichiwawa; it’s pop music for the warped, the weird and the weary. Clearly written from a pop perspective, it’s the aesthetic approach that leaves the work left-of-center; it almost feels warped as it makes its way through your speakers, like you’ve got an unbalanced turntable. That’s party of the majesty here, however, since you can still feel that emotional connection in the vocals and the melody, despite the existence of that other-worldly warp-zone. So, if you’re game for welcoming a little weird into your pop tradition, give his new single a spin now.

Pink Chameleons Return with Some Sunny Feeling

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We knew there was something bubbling up from Finland’s Pink Chameleons this year when the band offered up some new singles back in January. Now, they’re back with another melted banana of psychedelia, spilling out their textural wonderworld on the floor before you. This is the sort of pensive psychedelia that we don’t encounter as often these days, pulling from these sort of mysterious Eastern influences like a slow burning stick of incense, flickering in the winds of the saxophone as it blows through the core of the track. If you wish to immerse yourself in the heavier state of the genre, then give this one a solid try; thanks to Soliti for getting it out there!

Ghost Fan Club Announces New EP

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When you put on this new Ghost Fan Club single, perhaps like me, you’ll hear a bit of the ghost of Modest Mouse in their earliest stages. The guitars bend and twang in a similar fashion, though admittedly, they’re a little bit more toned down, energy-wise, in this presentation. That pacing allows the vocals to also relax, grab on to darker tones and mellower notes that ride just beneath the current of the tune. Thrown together, it all makes for a solemn listen, but one that begins to pull you within it as the track unwinds before you. They’ll release their new Ghost Fan Club EP on July 5th via Knifepunch Records.

Rowan Newby Shares This Way to Tinseltown

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When you press play on this new single from Rowan Newby, you’re going to notice that it bares some striking similarities to a number of acts from the Athens, Georgia scene; you can feel that sort of baroque pop spirits in the burrowing beneath Newby’s voice. That, my friends, is just one of the various ways that Rowan has begun to build his own country-songwriting legend; he’s not quite cosmic, nor purely traditional, so we get to look at him as an independent spirit, the way country music should be. There’s some nice backing arrangements in the track’s latter half that really show his willingness to kind of take on a ghostly spiritualism that stretched my expectations of where the song was heading. Keep an eye out for Rowan’s new LP, Some Hippie You Turned Out to Be.

Richard Tripps Shares Blue Eyed Open Sky

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When Richard Tripps set out to work on his new album, he admit to be fascinated by the lo-fi sounds of acts such as the Velvet Underground; the opening track off that new LP definitely would have made Lou and Co. proud. There’s this natural disregard for what we come to think as studio magic, inevitably making this tune feel more lively than anything you’re likely pulling from a studio master. It’s a quick-hitting ditty, never really going beyond the settled groove, but I love the fact that it feels both old school and fresh simultaneously, like he’s channeled my past listening habits and refashioned them for the present. Looks like Between the Morning will approach in much the same fashion, so keep a look out for its July 5th release via Perpetual Doom.

Freedom Fry Share Gemini

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As a person that pours through about 100 + songs a day, I often find groups that I take for granted, like Freedom Fry. The LA outfit haven’t failed to lighten my day, always offering these soulful pop tunes that flirt with a classic sensibility and a futuristic outlook. You can hear how they settle into the groove on this track, almost slinking their way into your consciousness. But, they do it with this sly wink that reminds me of the early Phoenix records, though never turns its back on nostalgia. You never know where they’re going, and in that, I’m always happy to lend them some extra coverage.

Stephen’s Shore Share Under the Pine

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I don’t always invest in EPs, but you better believe that when I do its because Stephen’s Shore have released something pretty special. They’ve got Neptune EP on the horizon, and today share a more pensive piece that’s really gotten stuck in my brain. While they’re last single held tight to a bit of bounce, this single sees them sinking further into the mistiness of songwriting; there’s almost a dense cloud of pop sentimentality that pervades every inch of the track. In a way, it reminds me of a cleaner version of what the Mary Onettes excelled at; there’s this somber quality that presented in this fashion somehow works in contrast and gives you this little hint of spirit. Feel like the rainy weather outside my window and this tune couldn’t have been better timed for one another. If you want to invest in this EP, buy it from Meritorio Records before it drops on May 10th.

Animal Surrender Share After Single

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When you listen to the latest single from Animal Surrender, those who know the circle that the band runs in will surely find some familiarity here; the track is a reimagining of Mike Wexler‘s 2020 tune “After.” In the original tune (you can find it HERE), the track has this rolling movement to it; it feels like it is constantly moving forward, even as Wexler’s vocals have this steadied pace. Animal Surrender, fascinated by the concept of love being the one true constant after everything we experience, turn the song into a meditation. The track almost drifts on the wind, almost working in the reverse fashion, as the vocals seem to be the driving force of energy in this version. If you’re fascinated by this tune, you’ll find more wonders when you open the band’s self-titled release, out on. May 17th via Ernest Jenning Record Co.

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