“Something keeps me coming back here, leaving me for worse”
Feeling every derailed emotion: Superdestroyer's NCTV Vol. 2 dives into addiction and love-hate relationships with riffs and synths worthy of Anamanaguchi and Jeff Rosenstock. Tabsplitter's End of the Line delivers something hauntingly energetic yet melancholic — a first-person reckoning at the platform's edge, where "something keeps me coming back here, leaving me for worse." Start-Track's Sampler 2023 wraps a great first year of the cassette label into one essential listen, while The Darts' Gig 5 At Potleaf Cliff brings Tolkien-tinged chaos and their All That Remains of Popularity Wars offers a fractured archive of lost tracks and hard-won sobriety anthems.
“For fans of riffs and synths, this album is a must listen! RIYL: Anamanaguchi, Jeff Rosenstock, Slow Joy, Mystery Dungeons, Full Blown Meltdown”
“A 'truly unhinged' collection of B-sides and covers left on the cutting room floor of DeMello's 2022 crossover pop LP 'Confetti in a Coalmine'.”
“Just a broke guy with a dream, Making songs that's so fly the only thing that means a thing.”