Post-punk sensibility with indie rock vibes and occasional banger hits. The moody songs with the saxophone remind me of Morphine.
Deadletter – Hysterical Strength
King Hannah – Big Swimmer
Honest, calm, heartfelt, soothing, mysterious. Alternative guitar music. The spoken word bits are the extra gold nuggets that I didn’t expect to find.
Joey Valence & Brae – Punk Tactics
It’s so fun. However, I cannot see the sentiment that it’s just too close to those that inspired it. I can’t really tell whether it’s an homage, a parody, or something of its own. Second album doesn’t help there still. Perhaps we’ll see on the third one.
Fontaines D.C. – Romance
Alternative rock and indie.
It’s funny, when the Starbuster single came out I was running to show it to my wife as a power song and she had already heard it, although neither of us listen to a lot of stuff like this and it was also extremely fresh still. At this point (well, almost a year later, but still) it’s so well known, used for trailers, tons of listens everywhere, etc. It was just one of those ones that was a clear-cut huge hit from the get-go. I’m happy for their success, it’s well deserved.
Big Special – Post Industrial Hometown Blues
Spoken word British punk.
Djrum – Meaning’s Edge
This is what IDM is: playful but experimental. Great little album.
IST IST – Light A Bigger Fire
Post-punk goth rock vibes.
MEUTE – EMPOR
Brass and percussions playing something that feels like electronic music. Let’s call it acoustic techno. Nod to Brandt Brauer Frick, but with stronger focus on the brass section. I’d love to hear this played live.
Polynation – Igneous
Electronic music ranging from cinematic ambient through mid-tempo moody melodic beats to dance floor grooves for small sidesteps. They are fellow artists from the same roster as Weval, so that.
It’s kinda ridiculous that I don’t have a good genre definition for this kind of music. I always feel it hard to put a label on it, although it’s clearly a thing.
Eivør – Enn
Dream pop meets nordic folk.