Memory keeper. Mostly music and movies, plus some series and video games. Obscure darkness meets pop culture glow.
Apparently they define themselves as art-disco, but my hook on this record is Dog Dribble, which is rather an upbeat indie rock thing, as I see it. In any case, that song is such a smash hit, and again it’s so not about the fancy technique.
Also, it’s just ridiculous that almost all new records that I listened to and loved this year so far were British ones. The scene is on fire. (Or was at least, last year, since all these albums are from 2024.)
Post-punk sensibility with indie rock vibes and occasional banger hits. The moody songs with the saxophone remind me of Morphine.
Honest, calm, heartfelt, soothing, mysterious. Alternative guitar music. The spoken word bits are the extra gold nuggets that I didn’t expect to find.
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.
Spoken word British punk.
This is what IDM is: playful but experimental. Great little album.
Post-punk goth rock vibes.
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.
Dream pop meets nordic folk.
This band started from death metal and from album to album steered sideways to finally arrive to this absolute classic goth metal sound represented on this last record. The throaty, harsh vocals from their past add an interesting flavor while the clean, deep voiced goth singing arrived to accompany it. I wouldn’t have their previous record on replay, but this one hits home. It’s a set of beautiful dark songs overall.