Daisy Rickman is a newer voice on the British folk scene, respectfully toying with all the methods and traditions that came before her, but she’s using that foundation to explore in a unique and wholly captivating manner. Howl is the second full length, pushing her further into cultural traditions of the Cornish people and the occult.  

Today, Aunt Ant, the three-piece Asheville, NC post-rock brainchild of songwriter/founder Lauren Hewer releases a new song called “8theist,” with an accompanying music video directed and edited by the band and filmed by Eli Freireich.  

There’s a major glow emanating from Obsession, and Tea Eater is keeping that light abuzz with a series of videos, the latest for album centerpiece, “The Taste”. Directed by Carissa Johnson, the animated lyric video captures Tea Eater’s creative and psychedelic energy, bringing Tarra Thiessen’s words to life and moving further out into the surreal.

Here in the Pitch is a natural continuation of Pratt's previous three LPs, intimate folk songs through the grandeur of a studio. If you know these previous albums then you likely can immediately sense where you will fall with these cuts. She saunters closer evermore to popular music standards, creating new refractions that welcome deep listening.

A weekly post highlighting but a few of our favorite new releases in splendid alphabetical order, brief and (hopefully) informative. There’s a lot of great music out every week and these are but some of the many we think you should check out.

A worthy listen over a year after its release, Nicole Yun’s Matter offers palatable guitar pop with enough jagged edges to maintain indie credibility. Yun’s second solo album since shelving her band Eternal Summers, reaches for the sky.

Alexander Fatato’s fourth studio record teleports you to the times when you’ve felt most vulnerable, the times you can’t help but think back to when you’re at your highest high or your lowest low. His painfully relatable and nostalgic wordplay has you bumping into your memories and past-selves with each line of his honest lyrics.

It’s easy to conflate leather.head as just one among many of the ever-growing landfill of UK experimental rock acts who happen to have a sax player. They’ve even got the dour semi-spoken word vocals oft expected by such acts, but there's something unique about the London quintet.

Welcome to FUZZY MEADOWS, where we recap the past week in music. We're sharing our favorite releases of the week in the form of albums, singles, and music videos along with the "further listening" section of new and notable releases from around the web.

Over the years Sachet have become a mainstay on Australian louche rock pop label Tenth Court, and with good reason – they are spitting out slices of fuzzy rock gold with laser precision. So, to The Seeing Machine then, their new EP. Lani Crooks and co. seem even more confident here than ever, adding further bombast to the ebullience. 

Already coming from an extremely “freakcore” scene, the band's sound was unique even amongst its peers meddling a simmering mix of spoken word drawls with screamo shoegaze bursts that were as titanic as they were heartbreaking. Their final album, Teratoma, remains as a testament to their vision.

Cincinnati, Ohio, grit-pop-based quartet Vacation has mastered its garage rock and pop delivery since forming in 2009. With eight albums under their belt, the group has stayed true to their sound and has only perfected their craft with each new release, as on their ninth album, Rare Earth, due out via Feel It Records on May 3rd.

Shimmering like a mirrored ballroom Diamond Jubilee is a record of tasteful excess. Across its two-hour runtime, the album never seems to ache for the common descriptors of work of its length. This is not an album that is epic in scope, but rather a precisely and perfectly executed collection of hauntingly brilliant guitar pop.  

Combining folk music sensibilities with a form of drone metal and thick lyricism that asks the listener to give their music and lyrics deep thought,.Big|Brave’s musical line was already fully developed and A Chaos of Flowers, their latest effort, takes that lineage a step further, confirming that big bravery contained in the band's name.

A weekly post highlighting but a few of our favorite new releases in splendid alphabetical order, brief and (hopefully) informative. There’s a lot of great music out every week and these are but some of the many we think you should check out.

Lawn Girl isn’t so much longing for youth, as it is cherishing the vital parts that make up what Mandy is supposed to represent. These mementos become vital to Winters, restructuring her place in the world with everything that she now knows.

Nightosphere consists of Claire Hannah and Brittany Sawtelle, who exchange the responsibilities of guitar, bass, and vocals both on the record and in the live setting, along with drummer Dekota “Hop” Trogdon. The three of them called in to talk about their upcoming tour, the environment they formed in, and the general expressions in their music.

Based in the culture-oriented city of Groningen in the north of the Netherlands, the quartet known as Geo releases its first album, Out of Body. It is an honorable reminder of the 1980s when punk pioneers despised contemporary rock and roll for its soft tones and mainstream orientation.

Tex Patrello’s limited output since her debut EP has taken the best of contemporary DIY slowcore and doused it in a dizzying solution of soft-spoken vocals and off-the-wall production. Now, at long last, she’s back, debuting the first single, “Resident Evil,” off her debut album Minotaur, out May 2nd through View No Country (Bedlocked, Deadharrie).

There’s a tendency among some rock bands to operate as a unit above all else, and to create this rich hydra-like experience. Grocer want that same celebration and significant release, but the individual influences, ideas, and personalities always remain a central thread.

A true veteran of the scene, Marv Won has remained relevant throughout several eras. Perhaps a legend based on constancy, but still competitive enough to be a threat, I'm Fine, Thanks for Asking is a strong, self-produced work that finally lays all cards on the table.

On their aptly-titled new single "Sharpest Edge," Brooklyn punks Family Vision present a hard hitting left turn of a banger. Progressing from the prickly no wave inspired punk of Chop Shop, the quartet lean harder into the sticky pop hooks of that record, seamlessly combining the melodic elements with sharp, darting guitar lines.

His first solo album, wryly titled All Hits: Memories, is an extremely intelligent work by a musician who has long paid his dues playing with PJ Harvey, Cat Power, Bill Callahan, and his own long-term project, Dirty Three. Like many percussionists, White has often situated himself comfortably in the background. On this release, he shines.

It was 33 years ago that Robert Pollard recorded what was almost the last Guided by Voices album, Same Place The Fly Got Smashed, which would have been a complete travesty to music. Now you can go to your favorite local record store and buy a new reissue of this album via Scat Records, the first label that truly believed in Bob and co.

“Bird Patterns” is the first single from Drug Country, a new project from the mind of gnawing’s John Russell, based in Richmond, Virginia. The effort started off as a side project to refresh from a prolific year with gnawing, the country rock ensemble that Russell fronts.

Ambient musician claire rousay’s first proper foray into more traditional song forms, sentiment, nonetheless opens with a spoken sample, “It’s 4pm on a Monday and I cannot stop crying.” Perhaps the clip makes sense for an artist who is best known for her work trying to coax emotionality out of the sounds of mundane tasks and ideas.

Welcome to FUZZY MEADOWS, where we recap the past week in music. We're sharing our favorite releases of the week in the form of albums, singles, and music videos along with the "further listening" section of new and notable releases from around the web.

Alien Nosejob does it all, and its sole member Jake Robertson shows off this ability, and shines while doing it, on his sixth, most recent album, The Derivative Sounds Of…Or…A Dog Always Returns To Its Vomit. That mouthful of words does not even begin to portray the wide range of musical styles touted on his fall 2023 release.

There’s a clarity to You Could Do It Tonight that sets it apart from much of Couch Slut’s earlier work. For one, as heavy as the mix is, there’s a ton of definition to it. While there’s undoubtedly charm to awful mixing on a hardcore record, the ideas here are well served to be heard in full force.

Following a move from Knoxville to Philadelphia, The Noisy are poised to released their debut album, The Secret Ingredient is More Meat, on May 24th. Led by poet and songwriter Sara Mae, the project came together over the past year, recording together with Jacob Lawter (Slow and Steady) in Tennessee.