Jangly guitars and sun-dappled melancholy abound: Cashell's If, By Chance, Estranged... masterfully balances sunny nostalgia with listless melancholy in a rough-around-the-edges DIY gem packed with bright melodies and catchy indie-pop moments. Song for a Gorgeous Blonde's Scattershot Brainwaves flings ambient, electronica, and indie rock into the air and reassembles the pieces. Dino DiMuro's Man Again revisits childhood streets in sweet lo-fi, while Ian Cat's Baggage Claim / Purgatory Blues delivers an emotional blast from the heart with layered guitars and a searing solo. Sophie Noel's after the sun hit the roof blends dusk rock and "forest floor pop" into a haunted meditation on ecological grief and impermanence.
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“...the most impressive aspect of the album, however, is Cashell’s ability to balance sunny nostalgia with listless melancholy.”
“Imagining what it might be like to return to my childhood streets as the person I was now, in sweet LoFi”
“In English that's Scattershot Brainwaves, which about sums it up. Experimental and long!”
“A psychedelic post-rock EP inspired by the likes of Slint, XTC, and Godspeed You! Black Emperor”
“Blending art folk, dusk rock and what Noel calls “forest floor pop,” 'after the sun hits the roof' moves between hazy guitars, dreamy piano passages, vintage pop melodies, and an undercurrent of ee...”